gabaq

Salar

Etymology

Borrowed from Ili Kazakh қабақ (qabaq) or Uyghur. Cognate with Azerbaijani qabaq, Gagauz and Turkish kabak.

Pronunciation

• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [qɑbɑχ]

Verb

gabaq

1. (Ili Salar) gourd

   Synonym: qulu

References

• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gabaχ”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 101
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “qabax”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 267