قىيىن
Uyghur edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Turkic *kïyïn.[1][2] Cognate with Karakalpak қүйүн, Turkmen kyn, Uzbek qiyin.
Adjective edit
قىيىن • (qiyin)
- hard; difficult
- قىيىن ئەھۋالدا قالماق ― qiyin ehwalda qalmaq ― to be in a difficult situation
- قىيىن ئىش ― qiyin ish ― difficult matter
- قىيىن ئىش يوق ئالەمدە كۆڭۈل قويغان ئادەمگە ― qiyin ish yoq alemde kö'ngül qoyghan ademge ― nothing in the world is difficult for the diligent.
See also edit
- تەس (tes)
- دىشۋار (dishwar)
- مۇشەققەتلىك (musheqqetlik)
References edit
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kı:n (kı:ñ)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 631
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨ̄jn”, 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