ئايغىر

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic ئايغىر
Latin ayghir‍
Cyrillic айғир (ayghir)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *adgïr.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑjʁir/

Noun

ئايغىر • (ayghir) (plural ئايغىرلار (ayghirlar))

  1. stallion

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “aḏğır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47

Further reading

  • 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
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