Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tut- (to grasp).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐱃 (tut-, to keep, catch, own), Azerbaijani tutmaq (to catch, keep), Bashkir тотоу (totow, to keep, hold), Chuvash тытма (tytma, to keep, hold), Khakas & Shor тударға (tudarğa, to keep, hold, catch, seize, rule, hold back), Kyrgyz тутуу (tutuu, to catch), Turkmen tutmak (to hold, keep, catch, hire, fill), Tuvan тудар (tudar, to hold, catch, grab), Uzbek tutmoq (to take, hold, catch), Yakut тут (tut, to hold, seize, grab, catch).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تۇتماق (tutmaq)

  1. to hold, to grab

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tut-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill