meñzi

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Salar

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Etymology

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Cognate to Azerbaijani bəniz (face), Gagauz and Turkish beniz (face), Turkmen meňiz (face), also Uyghur مەڭزى (mengzi, cheek), Uzbek mangiz (cheek).

Pronunciation

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  • (Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /menzi/
  • (Hualong, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /mɨŋzi/
  • (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA(key): /menziŋ/
  • (Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /mæŋzi/

Noun

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meñzi (3rd person possessive meñzisi, plural meñziler)

  1. brain, head, mind
  2. (anatomy) forehead
  3. (anatomy, dialectal, Ili Salar) cheek

References

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  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “meñzi”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 409-410
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “meñzi”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[1], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 123
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “meñzi”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 140
  • Dwyer, Arienne M. (2007) “meñzi”, in Salar: A Study in Inner Asian Language Contact Processes: Part I: Phonology[3], 1st edition, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 276
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “meñzi”, 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 180
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “meñzi”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 267