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Kipchak
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kamčï (“whip”), a derivation from *kam- (“to beat, strike down”). Cognate with Karakhanid قَمْجٖى (qamčï̄, “whip”), قَمّاقْ (qammāq, “to beat”), Turkmen gamçy (“whip”), Ottoman Turkish قامچی (kamçı).
Noun
قمچی (kamçı)
- whip, lash, scourge
Descendants
Further reading
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kamçı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 626
- Garkavec, A. N. (2018) “χamčï”, in Kypčakskij slovarʹ. Po armjanopisʹmennym pamjatnikam XVI—XVII vekov [Kipchak dictionary. Based on the monuments of 16–17th centuries written in the Armenian script] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Almaty: BAUR, →ISBN, page 792b
- Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 14 (١٤) line 6
- Tryjarski, Edward (1968–1972) “χamč̣i”, in Dictionnaire arméno-kiptchak d’après trois manuscrits des collections viennoises – Słownik ormiańsko-kipczacki na podstawie trzech rękopisów ze zbiorów wiedeńskich, volume I, Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, page 445
Urdu
Etymology
Ultimately from Turkic (likely via Chagatai ). Compare Kipchak قمچی (kamçı).
Pronunciation
Noun
قُمْچی • (qumcī) f (Hindi spelling क़मची)
- whip
- branch, twig
- stick