Wiktionary

ئارغۇن

Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *arkun.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish arkun (dialectal), Karakhanid اَرْقُنْ (arqun), Kyrgyz аргын (argın).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ئارغۇن • (arghun) (plural ئارغۇنلار (arghunlar))

  1. A cross between a bull and a yak.

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “1 arkun”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 216
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Arkun”, 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
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