күй
Kazakh
Cyrillic | күй (küy) |
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Arabic | كۇي |
Etymology
From *kög (“melody”), from Sinitic 曲 (MC kʰɨok̚, “song”).
Cognate withOld Uyghur [script needed] (kög, “melody”);Bashkir көй (köy, “melody”), Kyrgyz күй (küy)/күү (küü, “melody”), Kumyk кюй (küy, “melody”), Uzbek kuy (“melody”), Uyghur كۇي (kuy, “melody”), Khakas кӧг (kӧg, “melody”), etc.
Noun
күй • (küy)
- melody
- tune, mode