قۇزغۇن

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Common Turkic *kuŕɣun.[1] Cognates with Turkish kuzgun, Kyrgyz кузгун (kuzgun), Southern Altai кускун (kuskun), Karakhanid قُزْغُونْ (quzɣun).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قۇزغۇن (quzghun) (plural قۇزغۇنلار (quzghunlar))

  1. raven (bird)
  2. large crow

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuzğu:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 682

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