qandoq
Uzbek
| Yangi Imlo | قنداق |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | қандоқ |
| Latin | qandoq |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |
Etymology
Inherited from Chagatai قانداغ (qandaġ). Related to Karachay-Balkar къалай (qalay), Kyrgyz кандай (kanday), Kazakh қалай (qalai), Uyghur قانداق (qandaq), Tuvan кандыг (kandıg), and Yakut хайдах (qaydaq).
Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ka- (“interrogative stem”) + *-lig (“adjectival suffix”)
Pronoun
qandoq
Usage notes
- This word is often mistakenly considered an adverb, but actually it is a pronoun.