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ئۇيقۇ

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ūdïku,[1] from *ūdï- (“to sleep”),[2] from *ū (“sleep”). Cognates with Turkish uyku.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ئۇيقۇ • (uyqu) (plural ئۇيقۇلار (uyqular))

  1. nap, doze, sleep

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uḏık”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 46
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ū-dɨ-, *ū-dɨ-k-la-”, 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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  • 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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