Karakhanid

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Chinese [Term?].[1][2]

Noun

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لِيُو (liyǖ)

  1. mud that turns into hard clay when dried

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “liyü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 764
  2. ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 317

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