Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *üŕeŋü or *üŕeŋgü.[1] Cognates with Turkish üzengi, Southern Altai ӱзеҥи (üzeŋi), etc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ئۈزەڭگە (üzengge) (plural ئۈزەڭگىلەر (üzenggiler))

  1. stirrup

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üŕeŋü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 289

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