Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ud.[1][2] Cognates with Ottoman Turkish اوط (oṭ, od), Karakhanid اُودْ (od), Kyrgyz уй (uy), Southern Altai уй (uy).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ئۇي (uy) (plural ئۇيلار (uylar))

  1. farm cattle

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:ḏ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 34
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ud”, 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