قىسقاچ
Uyghur
editAlternative forms
edit- قىسقۇچ (qisquch)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *kïsgač,[1] from *kïs- (“to squeeze, to pinch”).[2] Cognates with Turkish kıskaç, Southern Altai кыскаш (kïskaš).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editقىسقاچ • (qisqach) (plural قىسقاچلار (qisqachlar))
References
edit- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kısğa:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 667
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨs-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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