qaranqu

Salar

Etymology

Cognate to Old Anatolian Turkish قراكو (karañu), dialectal Turkish karağı, also Turkish karanlık.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /qɑrɑŋɢu/

Adjective

qaranqu

  1. dark
    Antonym: yaruq

References

  • Potanin, G.N. (1893), “карангу”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “qaranqu”, 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 158
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “qaranqu”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 293