хуур

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Kalmyk

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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хуур (xuur)

  1. fiddle, violin
  2. musical instrument, string instrument

Mongolian

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MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ
(quɣur)
хуур
(xuur)

Etymology

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From Proto-Mongolic *kuxur (a musical (string) instrument) borrowed or perhaps cognate to Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ (a kind of musical (string) instrument).

Compare East Yugur xuur, Daur koor, Turkish kopuz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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хуур (xuur)

  1. fiddle, violin
  2. musical instrument, string instrument

Declension

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See also

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