مۇئەللىم

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic	مۇئەللىم
Latin	‍mu'ellim‍
Cyrillic	муәллим

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُعَلِّم (muʕallim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muʔɛllim/

Noun

مۇئەللىم • (mu'ellim) (plural مۇئەللىملەر (mu'ellimler))

1. teacher

   Synonyms: مۇئەللىمە (mu'ellime), ئوقۇتقۇچى (oqutquchi)

   ئايگۈل مۇئەللىم، ياخشىمۇسىز! ― aygül mu'ellim, yaxshimusiz! ― Mrs. Aygül, hello!

Usage notes

There are three ways to refer to teachers in Uyghur:

1. مۇئەللىم (mu'ellim) can be used for both male and female teachers. This can be used both indirectly and directly.
2. مۇئەللىمە (mu'ellime) can only used for female teachers, and it is not commonly used.
3. ئوقۇتقۇچى (oqutquchi). This can only be used to refer to teachers indirectly, but not directly to them.

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