Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *taŋ.[1] Cognates with Turkish tan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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تاڭ (tang) (plural تاڭلار (tanglar))

  1. dawn, daybreak

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “1 taŋ (d-)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 510

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