Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kapgak,[1] from *kap- (to cover).[2] Cognates with Turkish kapak.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قاپقاق (qapqaq) (plural قاپقاقلار (qapqaqlar))

  1. cover, lid

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kapak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 582
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kap-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading edit

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN