qılçıq

Salar

Etymology

Cognate to Azerbaijani qılçıq (“fishbone; awn”), Gagauz and Turkish kılçık (“fishbone; awn”), Turkmen gylçyk (“fishbone; awn”).

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /χɨlt͡ʃɨχ/
• (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /χɨlʝɨχ/

Noun

qılçıq

1. awn (of wheat, bean, etc.)

References

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1985) “qılçıq”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 122
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “qılçıq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 115
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “qılçıq”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 229