يۇقۇرى

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yokarū, from *yok (“up, above; hill”) +‎ *-ğaru (“towards”).[1][2] Cognates with Azerbaijani yuxarı, Bashkir юғары (yuğarı), Southern Altai јоор (ǰoor), Karakhanid یُقارُو (yuqaru), Turkish yukarı.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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يۇقۇرى • (yuquri)

  1. high, upper

Adverb

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يۇقۇرى • (yuquri)

  1. above, upwards

Noun

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يۇقۇرى • (yuquri) (plural يۇقۇرىلار (yuqurilar))

  1. up, above, higher authorities

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yokaru:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 906
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jok-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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  • 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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