күй

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كۇي
Cyrillic күй
Latin küi
Yañalif kyi

Etymology

From *kög (“melody”), from Sinitic 曲 (MC khjowk, “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 (“melody”), etc.

Noun

күй • (küi)

  1. melody
  2. tune, mode

Declension

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