ئىنى
Uyghur
editEtymology
editFrom Common Turkic *ini.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ini, Old Turkic 𐰃𐰤𐰃 (in²i), Karakhanid اِنی (ini).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editئىنى • (ini)
- younger brother
- Used when addressing a male person younger than speaker.
References
edit- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ini:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ini”, 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