камчы

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kamčï (“whip”), a derivation from *kam- (“to beat, strike down”). Cognate with Karakhanid قَمْجٖى (qamčï̄, “whip”), قَمّاقْ (qammāq, “to beat”).

Noun

камчы • (kamcı) (Arabic spelling قامچى)

1. whip

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kamčï (“whip”), a derivation from *kam- (“to beat, strike down”). Cognate with Karakhanid قَمْجٖى (qamčï̄, “whip”), قَمّاقْ (qammāq, “to beat”).

Noun

камчы • (kamčï)

1. whip

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “камчы”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN