يەڭ
Uyghur
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *yeŋ.[1][2] Cognates with Southern Altai јеҥ (ǰeŋ), Turkish yen, Uzbek yeng.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editيەڭ • (yeng) (plural يەڭلەر (yengler))
- sleeve (part of a garment that covers the arm)
References
edit- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yéŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 940
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jegn”, 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