Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *gēč.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish geç, Southern Altai кече (keče), кеч (keč), Kumyk геч (geç).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

كەچ (kech) (plural كەچلەر (kechler))

  1. dusk, evening

Adjective edit

كەچ (kech)

  1. late

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ké:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 692
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gēč (-e)”, 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