Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ulug.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ulu.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ئۇلۇغ (ulugh)

  1. great, mighty

Noun edit

ئۇلۇغ (ulugh) (plural ئۇلۇغلار (ulughlar))

  1. leader, head, chieftain, boss

Adverb edit

ئۇلۇغ (ulugh)

  1. fully, strongly

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uluğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 136
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ulug”, 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