قمچی
Kipchak edit
Alternative forms edit
- قمشی (kamşı)
- խամչի (χamčï) — Armeno-Kipchak
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *kamčï (“whip”), a derivation from *kam- (“to beat, strike down”). Cognate with Karakhanid قَمْجٖى (qamčï̄, “whip”), قَمّاقْ (qammāq, “to beat”), Turkmen gamçy (“whip”), Ottoman Turkish قامچی (kamçı).
Noun edit
قمچی (kamçı)
Descendants edit
- North Kipchak:
- West Kipchak:
- Central Kipchak:
- East Kipchak:
- → Abaza: къамчы (qʼamćə)
- → Abkhaz: а-ҟамчы (a-qʼamčə)
- → Belarusian: канчу́к (kančúk)
- → Bulgarian: камши́к (kamšík), камчи́к (kamčík), камжи́к (kamžík), камджи́к (kamdžík)
- → Polish: kańczuk, kańczug
- → Russian: камча́ (kamčá), камчу́г (kamčúg)
- → Ubykh: кхъамч, кхъамчы
- → Ukrainian: канчу́к (kančúk)
Further reading edit
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kamçı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 626
- Garkavec, A. N. (2018) “χamčï”, in Kypčakskij slovarʹ. Po armjanopisʹmennym pamjatnikam XVI—XVII vekov [Kipchak dictionary. Based on the monuments of 16–17th centuries written in the Armenian script][1] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Almaty: BAUR, →ISBN, page 792b
- Houtsma, Martin Theodor (1894) Ein türkisch-arabisches Glossar, nach der Leidener Handschrift herausgegeben und erläutert[2], Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 14 (١٤) line 6
- Tryjarski, Edward (1968–1972) “χamč̣i”, in Dictionnaire arméno-kiptchak d’après trois manuscrits des collections viennoises – Słownik ormiańsko-kipczacki na podstawie trzech rękopisów ze zbiorów wiedeńskich, volume I, Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, page 445
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Turkic (likely via Chagatai [Term?]). Compare Kipchak قمچی (kamçı).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qʊm.t͡ʃiː/