ئۇلۇغ

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic ئۇلۇغ
Latin ulugh‍
Cyrillic улуғ (ulugh)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai اولوغ (ʾwlwġ), from Proto-Turkic *ulug.[1][2] Cognate with Uzbek ulugʻ; Turkish ulu; etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔuluʁ/

Adjective

ئۇلۇغ • (ulugh)

  1. great, mighty

Noun

ئۇلۇغ • (ulugh) (plural ئۇلۇغلار (ulughlar))

  1. leader, head, chieftain, boss

Adverb

ئۇلۇغ • (ulugh)

  1. fully, strongly

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “uluğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 136
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ulug”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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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