قورقۇنچ

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kork-.[1] Cognates with Turkish korkunç.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qorqunt͡ʃ/

Noun

قورقۇنچ • (qorqunch) (plural قورقۇنچلار (qorqunchlar))

  1. fear, dread, terror

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kork-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 651

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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