كۆپۈك
Uyghur edit
Alternative forms edit
- كۆۋۈك (köwük)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *köpük,[1] from *köp- (“to swell, to foam”).[2] Cognates with Southern Altai кӧбӱк (köbük), Kumyk гёбюк (göbük), Turkish köpük.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كۆپۈك • (köpük) (plural كۆپۈكلەر (köpükler))
References edit
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “köpük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 689
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*köp-”, 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