Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Sogdian [script needed] (knḏ).[1] Cognates with Turkish kent, Karakhanid كَندْ (kend).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كەنت (kent) (plural كەنتلەر (kentler))

  1. village, hamlet

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kend”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 728

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