كەبى

Uyghur

Other scripts

Perso-Arabic	كەبى
Latin	‍kebi‍
Cyrillic	кәби

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Karakhanid [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *kēpi, from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, image, example”). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (kīp) from Proto-Turkic *kēp.

cognates

Cognate with Uzbek kabi, Turkish and Gagauz gibi, Azerbaijani kimi, Turkmen kimin, and Crimean Tatar kibi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛbi/

Postposition

كەبى • (kebi)

1. like, as, just as

   قاي كىشىنىڭ بۇ كەبى كۆڭۈل ئاچار دىلدارى بار؟

   qay kishining bu kebi kö'ngül achar dildari bar?

   Who has a sweetheart like this who can cheer one up?

Further reading

• 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