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تۇزاق

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *tuzak.[1] Cognates with Turkish tuzak.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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تۇزاق (tuzaq) (plural تۇزاقلار (tuzaqlar))

  1. trap, snare
  2. (figuratively, by extension) a plot to trap; trick

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tuzak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 573

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