ئۇۋاق

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *uvak, from *uv- or *ov- (“to crush, to mince”).[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ufak.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ئۇۋاق • (uwaq) (plural ئۇۋاقلار (uwaqlar))

  1. dust, crumb

Adjective[edit]

ئۇۋاق • (uwaq)

  1. dusty, crumbly

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uv-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 4
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ob-”, 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
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