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Pass "Cel-Qarağaj" in Kyrgyzstan: origin, legends and history | Tamga

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Cel-Qarağaj

Oronym
Pass

Official names in different languages

Kyrgyz

Жел-Карагай

Russian

Жел-Карагай

English

Cel-Qarağaj

Layer

TurkicOld Qyrğyz
Qyrğyz

Etymology of the name

Cel

Qyrğyz
[жел]
- абанын агымы, акырын жүргөн шамал
Old Turkic
[jäl | يَلْ]
- жел, шамал;
- жин,шамал жини

Qarağaj

Qyrğyz
[карагай]
- дайыма көгөрүп турган ийне жалбырактуу жыгач, токой өсүмдүгү

Coordinates

latitude

longitude

Булактар

Кыргызча-орусча сөздүк. 1965

Дивану лугати-т турк. Т.1-2-3. - 2013-2016, III, 108

Кыргызча-орусча сөздүк. 1965

Permanent link

https://tamga.kg/en/zhel-karagai

42.941 N

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77.55 E

Hierarchy

Republic

Qyrğyzstan

Region

Ysyk-Köl

District

Ysyq-Köl

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