хуур

Mongolian

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *kuxur (“a musical (string) instrument”) borrowed or perhaps cognate to Proto-Turkic *kopuŕ (“a k. of musical (string) instrument”).

Compare East Yugur xuur, Daur koor, Turkish kopuz.

Noun

хуур • (huur) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠤᠭᠤᠷ (quɣur))

  1. fiddle, violin
  2. musical instrument, string instrument

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