Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *lāčïn.[1] Cognates with Turkish laçin or laçın, Karakhanid لاچِنْ (lačin).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

لاچىن (lachin) (plural لاچىنلار (lachinlar))

  1. a peregrine falcon

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “la:çın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 763

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