ئامراق
Uyghur edit
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Perso-Arabic | ئامراق |
| Latin | amraq |
| Cyrillic | амрақ |
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *ạmrak,[1] from *ạm- (“to love, to desire, to rejoice”).[2] Cognates with Old Turkic 𐰢𐰺𐰴 (mr¹q), Southern Altai амыраак (amïraak), Mongolian амрак (amrak, “friendly, beloved”), Tuvan амырак (amırak, “beloved”), Azerbaijani Amrak, Yakut амарах (amaraq, “compassionate, sympathetic”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
ئامراق • (amraq)
References edit
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “amrak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 162
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ăm-”, 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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