ئاخشام

Uyghur

Etymology

From Chagatai اخشام (aχšam) or اقشام (aqšam), from Karakhanid اَخْشَمْ (aχšam), Proto-Turkic *axĺam, from Sogdian [script needed] (χšʾm).[1] Cognates with Turkish akşam, Azerbaijani axşam.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɑχʃɑm/

Noun

ئاخشام • (axsham) (plural ئاخشاملار (axshamlar))

  1. evening, dusk
  2. last night

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “axşam”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 96

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
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