Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *keklik.[1] Cognates with Turkish keklik, Karakhanid كَكْلِكْ (keklik), Southern Altai кеклик (keklik), кӧкӧлик (kökölik), Salar kekelek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كەكلىك (keklik) (plural كەكلىكلەر (keklikler))

  1. chukar partridge

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “keklik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 710

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