ئاياق

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *adak.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ayak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔɑjɑq/

Noun

ئاياق • (ayaq) (plural ئاياقلار (ayaqlar))

  1. (anatomy) foot, leg
  2. shoe, footwear
  3. end, the final part of something

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*adak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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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