يەم

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yēm,[1] from *yē- (“to eat”).[2] Cognates with Turkish yem, Southern Altai јем (ǰem), Kumyk ем (yem).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɛm/

Noun

يەم • (yem) (plural يەملەر (yemler))

  1. feed, fodder, forage
  2. bait

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “2 yé:m”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 934
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jē-”, 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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