يۇپقا

Uyghur

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jupqɑ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yubka.[1][2] Cognates with Bashkir йоҡа (yoqa), Southern Altai јука (ǰuka), Kumyk юкъкъа (yuqqa), Kyrgyz жука (juka), Turkish yufka.

Alternative forms

Adjective

يۇپقا • (yupqa)

  1. thin, slender

Etymology 2

From Russian ю́бка (júbka).

Noun

يۇپقا • (yupqa) (plural يۇپقىلار (yupqilar))

  1. skirt

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yuvka:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 874
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jubka”, 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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