يۇماق

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yu(b)-.[1][2] Cognates with Southern Altai јун- (ǰun-), Kumyk жувмакъ (juwmaq), Turkmen ýuwmak, Turkish yumak (dialectal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jumɑq/

Verb

يۇماق • (yumaq)

  1. (transitive) to wash, to bathe

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yu:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 870
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ju(b)-”, 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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