شەرقىي

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic شەرقىي
Latin sherqiy‍
Cyrillic шәрқий (sherqiy)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَرْقِيّ (šarqiyy). By surface analysis, شەرق (sherq, “east”) +‎ ـىي (-iy)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɛrqij/

Adjective

شەرقىي • (sherqiy)

  1. eastern, oriental
    Antonym: غەربىي (gherbiy)
    شەرقىي ياۋروپا ― sherqiy yawropa ― Eastern Europe
    شەرقىي جەنۇب ― sherqiy jenub ― southeast
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