قرنداش

Karakhanid

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *karïndaš (“sibling”). Related to قَرِنْ (qarïn, “womb”) but unrelated to قَذَشْ (qaδaš, “kinsman”). Cognate with Turkish kardeş.

Noun

قَرِنْداشْ (qarïndāš)

1. sibling

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “karında:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 662

Further reading

• 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 I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, pages 406-407