خېچىر

Uyghur

Alternative forms
  • ئات خېچىر (at xëchir)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *katïr,[1] through reborrowing from Mongolian [Term?].[2] Cognates with Turkish katır, Azerbaijani qatır, Tatar качыр (qaçır), qaçır.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /χet͡ʃir/

Noun

خېچىر • (xëchir) (plural خېچىرلار (xëchirlar))

  1. mule

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*KAtɨr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “katır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 604

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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