күй

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic كۇي
Cyrillic күй
Latin küi
Yañalif kyi

Etymology

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From *kög (melody), from Sinitic (MC khjowk, “song”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (kög, melody); Bashkir көй (köy, melody), Kyrgyz күй (küy)/күү (küü, melody), Kumyk кюй (küy, melody), Uzbek kuy (melody), Uyghur كۇي (kuy, melody), Khakas кӧг (melody), etc.

Noun

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күй (küi)

  1. melody
  2. tune, mode

Declension

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