Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yīrt-[1] or *yīr-.[2] Cognates with Turkish yırtmak, Southern Altai јыртар (ǰïrtar), Kyrgyz жыртуу (jırtuu).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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يىرتماق (yirtmaq)

  1. (transitive) to rip, to tear

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yırt-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 958
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jīr- / *jɨ̄r-”, 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