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يۈتمەك

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yit-.[1][2] Cognates Turkish yitmek. Also, *yit- is derived to other Turkic languages. *yit-ig is descending in Azerbaijani iti, Southern Altai јидӱ (ǰidü), Karaim jiti, Khalaj yittig, etc.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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يۈتمەك (yütmek)

  1. (intransitive) to get lost, to go missing
  2. (intransitive) to disappear, to vanish

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 885
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jit-”, 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