كىرپىچ

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Common Turkic *kerpič.[1] Cognates with Turkish kerpiç, Azerbaijani kərpic, Southern Altai кирпич (kirpič), Karakhanid كَرْبِجْ (kerbic, kerpiç).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

كىرپىچ (kirpich) (plural كىرپىچلەر (kirpichler))

  1. brick, especially sun-dried; adobe

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kerpiç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 737

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