ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ

Middle Mongol

FWOTD – 20 March 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kuxur, from Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ.

Compare Mongolian хуур (xuur), Turkish kopuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʰʊ.ʊr/

Noun

ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (quɣur)

  1. lute
    • 1338, The Mongolian Inscription in Memory of Jigüntei [1]:
      ᠥᠴᠥᠬᠡᠨ
      ᠮᠣᠳ᠎ᠢ
      ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ
      ᠡᠭᠦᠳᠬᠦ
      ᠶᠡᠬᠡ
      ᠮᠣᠳ᠎ᠢ
      ᠨᠢᠷᠤᠭᠤᠨ
      ᠲᠤᠯᠭ᠎ᠠ
      ᠪᠣᠯᠭᠠᠬᠤᠢ᠎ᠠ
      ᠵᠠᠶᠠᠭᠠᠭᠰᠠᠨ
      ᠮᠡᠲᠦ
      öčöken mod-i quɣur egüdkü yeke mod-i niruɣun tulg-a bolɣaqui-a ǰayaɣaɣsan metü
      like ordaining to make small trees into lutes and large trees into pillars

References

  1. ^ D. Tumurtogoo, editor (2006), Mongolian monuments in Uighur-Mongolian script (XIII-XVI centuries) (Language and Linguistics monograph series; A-11), Taipei: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 23
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