Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yalgan.[1][2] Cognates with Southern Altai јалганчак (ǰalgančak), Turkish yalan, Uzbek yolgʻon.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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يالغان (yalghan)

  1. false, untrue

Noun

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يالغان (yalghan) (plural يالغانلار (yalghanlar))

  1. lie, untruth, falsehood
  2. wig (head of artificial hair)

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yalğa:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 926
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jAla”, 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