See also: آیاز, ايار, and أيار

Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ayaŕ.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ayaz, Southern Altai айас (ayas), Kyrgyz аяз (ayaz), Kumyk аяз (ayaz), Uzbek ayoz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ئاياز (ayaz) (plural ئايازلار (ayazlar))

  1. frost

Adjective

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ئاياز (ayaz)

  1. clear, pure, undiluted
  2. frosty

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aya:s”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 276
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ańaŕ”, 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