Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kiĺne-.[1] Cognates with Turkish kişnemek, Southern Altai киштеер (kišteer).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

كىشنەمەك (kishnemek)

  1. (intransitive, of a horse and the like) to neigh

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kişne:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 754

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