Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *torug.[1] Cognates with Turkish doru, Old Turkic 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (t¹ur¹ǧ), Karakhanid تُرُغْ (toruɣ).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

تورۇق (toruq)

  1. (of a horse) purplish red, chestnut colored

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toruğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538

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