Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

يالاڭ (yalang)

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

  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 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