يۇرت
Uyghur
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *yūrt.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish yurt.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editيۇرت • (yurt) (plural يۇرتلار (yurtlar))
- one's native place, hometown
- birthplace
- place, locale
- populace, the common people
- institute, institution, office, center
References
edit- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yurt (yurd?)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 958
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jūrt”, 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