Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yūt-.[1][2] Cognates with Southern Altai јудар (ǰudar), Kumyk ютмакъ (yutmaq), Turkish yutmak.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

يۇتماق (yutmaq)

  1. (transitive) to swallow

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yut-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 885
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jubut-”, 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