قندا

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

• خَنْدا (χandā) (language of the Khalajs)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ka-nta (“where”), locative of the interrogative stem *ka-.

Adverb

قَنْدا (qandā)

1. (interrogative) where; at what location

Synonyms

• قَيْدا (qaydā)
• قَيُودا (qayūdā)

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume III, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 173, 218