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بايقۇش

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *bāykuĺ, from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble”) +‎ *kuĺ (“bird”).[1][2] Cognates with Turkish baykuş, Tatar байгыш (baygış).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بايقۇش • (bayqush) (plural بايقۇشلار (bayqushlar))

  1. owl
    Synonyms: ھۇقۇش (huqush), مۈشۈكياپىلاق (müshükyapilaq)

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ba:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 384
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bāj”, 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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