Salar edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kāĺ. Cognate with dialectal Azerbaijani qaş (mountain chain; slanting trees in the attic of the house), dialectal Turkish kaş (steep cliffs, cliffs; hill, mountain; border, embankment made by piling soil in vineyards and gardens; wall, the top of the wall), also dialectal Uyghur [script needed] (qaş, side).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): [qɑʃ]

Noun edit

gaş

  1. side, edge
  2. close, related

References edit

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “gaş”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 462