يىڭنە
Appearance
Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Chagatai ایكنه (iɣne), from Proto-Turkic *igne.[1][2] Cognates with Karakhanid یِكْنا (yigne), Turkish iğne, Southern Altai ийне (iyne).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]يىڭنە • (yingne) (plural يىڭنىلەر (yingniler))
- needle (implement for sewing etc.)
References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “igne”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 110
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(j)igne”, 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