xığırdaq

Salar

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani qığırdaq, Turkish kıkırdak.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /χɨʁɨrtɑχ/

Noun

xığırdaq (3rd person possessive qığırdağı, plural xığırdaqlar)

  1. (anatomy, physiology) trachea; windpipe

References

  • Potanin, G.N. (1893), “хакырдах”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 427
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “xığırdaq”, 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 106
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “xığırdaq”, 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 318
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “xığırdaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 106