Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *eĺčgek.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish eşek, Southern Altai эштек (eštek).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ئىشەك (ishek) (plural ئىشەكلەر (ishekler))

  1. donkey, ass

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “eşgek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 260
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eĺgek”, 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