Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Chagatai تیزگین (tizgin), from Proto-Turkic *tizgin.[1] Cognates with Turkish dizgin and Uzbek tizgin.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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تىزگىن (tizgin) (plural تىزگىنلار (tizginlar))

  1. rein
  2. bridle

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tizgin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 574

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