ئالا

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *āla.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ala.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ئالا • (ala)

  1. checkered, motley, spotted, multicolored
  2. mixed, heterogenous, jumbled
  3. uneven
  4. fraudulent, treacherous, crafty

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:la:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 126
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*āla”, 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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