Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bagatur, from the name of the historic figure Maodun.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish Batur, bahadır.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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باتۇر (batur) (plural باتۇرلار (baturlar))

  1. hero

Adjective

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باتۇر (batur)

  1. heroic, brave

Proper noun

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باتۇر (batur) (plural باتۇرلار (baturlar))

  1. a male given name

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bağa:tu:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 313
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bAgatur”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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  • 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