Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Chagatai یوغان (yoɣan), from Proto-Turkic *yogan.[1][2] Cognates with Southern Altai јоон (ǰoon), Kyrgyz жоон (joon), Turkish yoğun.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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يوغان (yoghan)

  1. big, stout
  2. thick

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yoğu:n (yoğo:n)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 904
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jogan”, 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