gañli

Salar

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Uyghur 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽶 (qʾnkly /⁠ḳaŋlï⁠/), itself from Proto-Turkic *kaŋlï (“cart, sled”), a Tocharian borrowing.

Cognate with Turkish kağnı, Khakas хаңаа (xañaa), Qoybal Shor қаңаа (qaŋā), Kipchak قكلى (qanlï), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /ʁaŋli/
• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /qʰaŋri/

Noun

gañli

1. (archaic) cart

   Synonym: daçe

References

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “телега: кангри”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 340
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “ɣaŋli”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 330