𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 公主 (MC kuwng tsyuX, “princess”). Compare also Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽳𐽶 (qwncwy /⁠ḳunčuy⁠/, “dame, princess”), Japanese 公主 (kōshu), Korean 공주 (gongju), Mongolian гүнж (günž), Chinese borrowings.

Noun

𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖 (q̊¹unčy¹ /qunčuy/)

  1. princess

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “qunčuy”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
  • Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kunçu:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 635
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