Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kīčik,[1] from *kīči- (to itch).[2][3] Cognates with Turkish gıcık, Southern Altai кычыыр (kïčïïr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قىچىق (qichiq) (plural قىچىقلار (qichiqlar))

  1. itch, tickle

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨ̄čɨk, *gīči-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kiçi:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 695
  3. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨč-”, 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