Yeyik

English

Map including Yeyik (DMA, 1990)

Alternative forms

• Yëyiq

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur يېيىق (yëyiq).

Proper noun

Yeyik

1. A township in Niya, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.
   • [2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 365:

     Tohti described a situation then current in Yeyiq Yezisi (Yeyike) township which is reminiscent of share-cropping in the post-bellum American south.]

   • 2008, Harry Rutstein, The Marco Polo Odyssey‎^[1], Bennett & Hastings Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210:

     An explorer's work is never done. After lunch we headed south straight across the desert towards the Kun Lun Mountains. It was 42 miles from the road. We had to cross two riverbeds and bounced across some pretty rocky terrain. That is why they called our Toyotas off-road vehicles. Finally after a couple of hours we arrived at Yeyik —a commune surrounded by desert and mountains. There was nothing special about the place except its remoteness. Eight camels were waiting to help us follow Marco Polo in a manner that he no doubt used in this part of his travels. Those in our group who did not get a camel were entitled to a horse. We all saddled up and were soon crossing a wide river bed on our way to visit a family whose home was on the other side of this section of the desert.

   • 2010, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, “Satellite tracking the migration of birds in eastern Asia”, in British Birds‎^[2], volume 103, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 293:

     These results suggest that there are two migration routes for Demoiselle Cranes breeding in central Asia: one directly over the Himalayas, the other via the Hindu Kush. Important stopover sites included Barkol Lake, Lop Nur Lake, Yakatograk and Yeyik, and the Keriya River.

   • 2017, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Jason Minton, “Migratory Routes across the Himalayas Used by Demoiselle Cranes”, in Bird Migration across the Himalayas: Wetland Functioning amidst Mountains and Glaciers‎^[3], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:

     During the first day of ascent to the Plateau, the cranes travelled between 200 and 250 km and stopped over near aquatic features, including Chainjoin Lake, Yeyik and the Doman River.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Yeyike, Yeh-i-k'o

Translations

township in Niya, Hotan, Xinjiang, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葉亦克 / 叶亦克 (Yèyìkè)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Uyghur: يېيىق (yëyiq)