күй

Kazakh
Cyrillic күй (küy)
Arabic كۇي‎

Etymology

From *kög (“melody”), from Sinitic 曲 (MC kʰɨok̚, “song”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (kög, “melody”); Bashkir көй (köy, “melody”), Kyrgyz күй (küy)/күү (küü, “melody”), Kumyk кюй (küy, “melody”), Uzbek kuy (“melody”), Uyghur كۇي‎ (kuy, “melody”), Khakas кӧг (kӧg, “melody”), etc.

Noun

күй • (küy)

  1. melody
  2. tune, mode
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