күй

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كۇي
Cyrillic күй
Latin küi
Yañalif kyi

Etymology

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

Cognate with Old Uyghur (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

күй (küi)

  1. melody
  2. tune, mode

Declension