Uyghur edit

Alternative forms edit

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))

  1. foam, froth

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “köpük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 689
  2. ^ 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