See also: یاغ

Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *yāg.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish yağ, Kyrgyz жов (jov), Southern Altai јуу (ǰuu).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ياغ (yagh) (plural ياغلار (yaghlar))

  1. fat, grease, oil

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ya:ğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 895
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāg”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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