ئاۋۇچ

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish avuç.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ئاۋۇچ • (awuch) (plural ئاۋۇچلار (awuchlar))

  1. (literary, anatomy) hollow part of the hand, the palm
  2. (literary) a handful
  3. augmentation, increase

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏut”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 44
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạbuč”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading[edit]

  • 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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