ئىگەر

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ēder.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish eyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔiɡɛr/

Noun

ئىگەر • (iger) (plural ئىگەرلەر (igerler))

  1. saddle (seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal)

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “eḏer”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 63
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹ̆dŋe-r”, 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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