تەس

Uyghur

Etymology

From Chagatai تَرْس (ters), ultimate origin is uncertain.[1] Compare Karakhanid تَرْسْ (ters, “any difficult thing”), Turkish ters (“inverse, reverse”), terslik (“inverseness; adversity”), Mongolian тэрс (ters, “dissident; contrary”), Azerbaijani tərs (“contrary, rear, behind, stubborn”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɛs/, [tʰɛs]

Adjective

تەس • (tes)

  1. arduous; difficult; rough; strenuous
    تەس كۈنگە قالماق ― tes kün'ge qalmaq ― to be pushed into strenuous days
    تەس ئىش ― tes ish ― difficult work
    بۇ توغرىدا بىرەر نەرسە دىيىش تەس ― bu toghrida birer nerse diyish tes ― it is difficult to say anything about this matter
    تاققا چىقماق تەس ― taqqa chiqmaq tes ― mountain climbing is arduous
    ئېيتماق ئاسان، قىلماق تەس ― ëytmaq asan, qilmaq tes ― talk is easy, action is hard

See also
  • دىشۋار (dishwar)
  • قىيىن (qiyin)
  • مۇشەققەتلىك (musheqqetlik)

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ters”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 553

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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