قامۇس

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic قامۇس
Latin qamus
Cyrillic қамус (qamus)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

From Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs), from Ancient Greek ὠκεανός (ōkeanós). Doublet of ئوكيان (okyan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɑmus/

Noun

قامۇس • (qamus) (plural قامۇسلار (qamuslar))

  1. encyclopedia

Declension

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