Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *sān (number)[1] + *-ak, from Proto-Turkic *sā- (to count).[2] Cognate with Kazakh санақ (sanaq, statistic, cencus).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ساناق (sanaq) (plural ساناقلار (sanaqlar))

  1. counting, enumeration

Adjective

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ساناق (sanaq)

  1. (mathematics) cardinal

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sa:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 831
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sā(j)-”, 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