Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yalïŋ.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish yalın, Kyrgyz жалаң (jalaŋ), Southern Altai јалаҥ (ǰalaŋ), јылаҥаш (ǰïlaŋaš).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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يالاڭ (yalang)

  1. bare, naked, nude
  2. single, unlined
  3. only, merely

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yalıŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 929
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạlɨŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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