meñzi

Salar

Etymology

Cognate to Azerbaijani bəniz (“face”), Gagauz and Turkish beniz (“face”), Turkmen meňiz (“face”), also Uyghur مەڭزى (mengzi, “cheek”), Uzbek mangiz (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /menzi/
• (Hualong, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /mɨŋzi/
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /menziŋ/
• (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /mæŋzi/

Noun

meñzi (3rd person possessive meñzisi, plural meñziler)

1. brain, head, mind
2. (anatomy) forehead
3. (anatomy, dialectal, Ili Salar) cheek

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “meñzi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 409-410
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “meñzi”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 123
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “meñzi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 140
• Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “meñzi”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology‎^[3], 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 276
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “meñzi”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 180
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “meñzi”, 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