qwnkqʾw

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Old Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 箜篌 (MC khuwng huw).

Noun[edit]

qwnkqʾw or qwnkqʾyw (quŋqau or quŋqayu)

  1. (music) a type of plucked string instrument; lute, komuz, cobza, kobza etc.
    Synonym: qwpwz (qopuz)
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, LXXX.3:
      ʾwl ʾwdcy ʾr pyr qwnkqʾw tylʾp kʾlwrdy pyrdy
      ol udčï er bir quŋqau tilep kelürdi bérdi
      The herdsman asked for a lute and gave it to him.

Derived terms[edit]

  • ⇒ qwnkxʾwcy (quŋxaučï)

References[edit]

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 186
  • Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 168
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