Uyghur

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Turkic *ūn.[1] Cognates with Turkish un, Southern Altai ун (un), Tatar он (on).

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

ئۇن (un) (plural ئۇنلار (unlar))

  1. flour (ground cereal grains or other foodstuff)

References

edit
  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166

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