dombaq

Salar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Tibetan.

Pronunciation

• (Ili, Xinjiang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /tombɑχ/, /tombɨχ/

Noun

dombaq (3rd person possessive dombağı, plural dombaqlar)

1. story

   Dombaq bir yeşa ya nina.

   Tell us a story grandmother.

References

• Kakuk, S. (1962). “Un Vocabulaire Salar.” Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 14, no. 2: 173–96. [1]
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “dombaq”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 130
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “dombaq”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 45
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dombaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 80
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dombaq”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 89
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “dombaq”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), pages 82, 242

Etymology 2

Cognate to dialectal Turkish dombak (“round”), Gagauz tombarlak, Turkish toparlak, Azerbaijani and Turkish tombul, Nogai томпак (tompak).

Pronunciation

• (Ili, Xinjiang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /tombɑχ/, /tombɨχ/

Adjective

dombaq

1. blunt, dull, not sharp

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “dombaq”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 513
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992) “dombaq”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 45
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dombaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[4], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 80
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “dombaq”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 89
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “dombaq”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 294