يېپىشماق
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Uyghur[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Turkic *yạpïĺč-.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish yapışmak, Southern Altai јапшынар (ǰapšïnar).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
يېپىشماق • (yëpishmaq)
- (intransitive) to stick, to cling to
- (intransitive, figuratively) to nag, to pester
References[edit]
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yapış-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 880
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạp-ɨĺč-”, 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