Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *īĺč (work, deed).[1][2] Cognate to Old Turkic 𐰃𐰾 (, work, deed), Turkish .

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ئىش (ish) (plural ئىشلار (ishlar))

  1. work, business, enterprise
  2. matter, item, affair
  3. trouble, problem, bad luck
  4. handiwork

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “i:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 254
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*īĺč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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  • 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