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Northern Kurdish asan

ئاسان (asan)

  1. easy

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Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Common Turkic *esen,[1] claimed to be from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭮𐭠𐭭 (ʾsʾn /⁠āsān⁠/) by Doerfer,[2] but this is disputed by Clauson.[1] Cognates with Turkish esen.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ئاسان (asan)

  1. easy

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Clauson, Gerard (1972) “esen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 248
  2. ^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1963–1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag

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