ئامراق

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Uyghur

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Other scripts
Perso-Arabic ئامراق
Latin amraq
Cyrillic амрақ

Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ạmrak,[1] from *ạm- (to love, to desire, to rejoice).[2] Cognates with Old Turkic 𐰢𐰺𐰴 (mr¹q), Southern Altai амыраак (amïraak), Mongolian амрак (amrak, friendly, beloved), Tuvan амырак (amırak, beloved), Azerbaijani Amrak, Yakut амарах (amaraq, compassionate, sympathetic).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ئامراق (amraq)

  1. fond, disposed towards
  2. dear, beloved

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “amrak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 162
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ăm-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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