kengirge

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Tuvan кеңгирге (keñgirge). Compare Mongolian хэнгэрэг (xengereg) and several other cognates.[1]

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Noun[edit]

kengirge (plural kengirges)

  1. (music) A large, double-sided Tuvan drum, often made of goatskin and adorned with bells, introduced by Tibetan Buddhists.

See also[edit]

  • shyngyrash (“bells that sit atop the kengirge”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky (2009) “kenggerge (keng-ge-er-ge)”, in Yiyu: An Indexed Critical Edition of a Sixteenth Century Sino-Mongolian Glossary‎[1], page 117
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