Uyghur

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Other scripts
Perso-Arabic ئايغىر
Latin ayghir
Cyrillic айғир

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *adgïr.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ئايغىر (ayghir) (plural ئايغىرلار (ayghirlar))

  1. stallion

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏğır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 47

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