Karakhanid

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Etymology

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Inherited from Common Turkic *konuk (guest, lodging).[1] Related to قُونْماقْ (qōnmāq, to settle).

Cognate with Turkish konuk, konak.

Noun

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قُنُقْ (qonuq)

  1. guest
    قِشْ قُنُقٖى اُوتْQïš qonuqï̄ ōt.Winter hospitality is a fire.

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 637

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