ياڭاق

Uyghur

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑŋɑq/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *yaŋgak.[1][2] Cognates with Karakhanid یَغاقْ (yaɣaq), Kazakh жаңғақ (jañğaq), Kyrgyz жаңгак (jaŋgak).

Noun

ياڭاق • (ya'ngaq) (plural ياڭاقلار (ya'ngaqlar))

  1. walnut
    Synonym: جەۋز (jewz)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *yạyŋak.[3][4] Cognates with Turkish yanak.

Noun

ياڭاق • (ya'ngaq) (plural ياڭاقلار (ya'ngaqlar))

  1. (anatomy) cheekbone

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yağa:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 900
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jAŋgak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaŋa:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 948
  4. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jạjŋak”, 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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