sanaq

From Salar sanağusı (“to count”). Cognate to Turkmen sānag.

• (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /sɑnɑχ/
• (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): /sɑnɨχ/

sanaq (3rd person possessive sanağı, plural sanaqlar)

1. numeral, anything countable

   qoş sanaq

   even number

   Sanaq sana.

   Count the numbers.

2. fortune, divination

• sanaqci (“statistician, counter; fortune-teller”)

• san (“number”)

• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “sanaq”, 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 59
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “sanaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 156
• Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “sanaq”, 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, pages 233, 246
• 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “sanaq”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 281