قىن

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Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kï̄n.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish kın.

Pronunciation

Noun

قىن (qin) (plural قىنلار (qinlar))

  1. sheath, scabbard

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kı:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 630
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨ̄n”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN