English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Tuvan кеңгирге (keñgirge). Compare Mongolian хэнгэрэг (xengereg) and several other cognates.[1]

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Noun edit

kengirge (plural kengirges)

  1. (music) A large, double-sided Tuvan drum, often made of goatskin and adorned with bells, introduced by Tibetan Buddhists.

See also edit

  • shyngyrash (bells that sit atop the kengirge)

References edit

  1. ^ Ákos Bertalan Apatóczky (2009) “kenggerge (keng-ge-er-ge)”, in Yiyu: An Indexed Critical Edition of a Sixteenth Century Sino-Mongolian Glossary[1], page 117