Uyghur

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Perso-Arabic كۆڭۈل
Latin kö'ngül
Cyrillic көңүл

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *göyŋ-il (heart, mood).[1][2] Cognate with Turkish gönül.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كۆڭۈل (kö'ngül) (plural كۆڭۈللەر (kö'ngüller))

  1. heart, inner self, feelings, soul, thoughts
    ىيىن ئىش يوق ئالەمدە، كۆڭۈل قويغان ئادەمگە.iyin ish yoq alemde, kö'ngül qoyghan ademge.Nothing in this world is difficult, it's only the fear in people's hearts.

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*göjŋ-il”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “köŋül”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 731

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