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Khalaj
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *küni (“co-wife”). Cognate with Turkish günü, Azerbaijani günü, Turkmen güni.
Pronunciation
dialectal pronunciations
- (Ahmadabad, Kharrab) IPA(key):
- (Chahak, Dermanak, Khvorakabad, Mehrzamin, Qarah Su, Sarahrud, Varsan, Zarnusheh) IPA(key):
- (Chahak, Hasanabad, Yengijeh) IPA(key):
- (Dermanak) IPA(key):
- (Feyzabad) IPA(key):
- (Hezarabad, Kacha-ye Chahardeh, Naderabad, Qorqor, Sarband, Varsan) IPA(key):
- (Kacha-ye Chahardeh) IPA(key):
- (Khaltabad, Mushakiyeh, Talkh Ab) IPA(key):
- (Kharrab) IPA(key):
- (Mohsenabad) IPA(key):
- (Mujan) IPA(key):
- (Mujan, Shah Qoli) IPA(key):
- (Sadabad) IPA(key):
- (Seft) IPA(key):
- (Sorkh Deh) IPA(key):
- (Vasheqan) IPA(key):
- (Zarnusheh) IPA(key): (inflected form attested only)
Noun
küni (definite accusative küniñ, plural künilər)
- co-wife
- Synonym: havû
Declension
References
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*güni”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill