ئېغىر

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *iagïr.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ağır, Kumyk авур (awur), Southern Altai уур (uur).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔeʁir/

Adjective

ئېغىر • (ëghir)

  1. heavy (having great weight)
  2. weighty, major, serious, grave
  3. difficult to understand
  4. arduous, tough
  5. cool, calm, composed
  6. hard to digest
  7. confused, dazed

Derived terms

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 88
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*iagɨr”, 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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