kamçı
Turkish
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Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قامجی (qamçı, “whip”), from Proto-Turkic *kamčï (“whip”), a derivation from *kam- (“to beat, strike down”). Cognate with Karakhanid قَمْجٖى (qamčï̄, “whip”), قَمّاقْ (qammāq, “to beat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kamçı (definite accusative kamçıyı, plural kamçılar)
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Further reading
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kamçı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 626