كەچ

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gēč.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish geç, Southern Altai кече (keče), кеч (keč), Kumyk геч (geç).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

كەچ • (kech) (plural كەچلەر (kechler))

  1. dusk, evening

Adjective

كەچ • (kech)

  1. late

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ké:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 692
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gēč (-e)”, 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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