ئېغىر
Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *iagïr.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ağır, Kumyk авур (awur), Southern Altai уур (uur).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ئېغىر • (ëghir)
- heavy (having great weight)
- weighty, major, serious, grave
- difficult to understand
- arduous, tough
- cool, calm, composed
- hard to digest
- confused, dazed
Derived terms
[edit]- ئېغىر كەلمەك (ëghir kelmek)
- ئېغىرلىق (ëghirliq)
References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 88
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*iagɨr”, 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