iman burmaq

Salar

Etymology

From Salar iman (faith) and burmaq (finger).

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /imænpurmɑχ/, /imɨmpɨrmɑχ/

Noun

iman burmaq (3rd person possessive iman burmağı, plural iman burmaqlar)

  1. forefinger

References

  • Potanin, G.N. (1893), “iman burmaq”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian)
  • Rockhill, William Woodville (1894), Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, page 374
  • Kakuk, S. (1962), “iman burmaq”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[1], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “iman burmaq”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 456
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “iman burmaq”, 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 3
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “iman burmaq”, 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 138