يولداش

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From يول (yol) +‎ ـداش (-dash), from *yōl +‎ *-daĺ. Cognates with Southern Altai јолдош (ǰoldoš), Kumyk ёлдаш (yoldaş), Turkish yoldaş.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

يولداش (yoldash) (plural يولداشلار (yoldashlar))

  1. companion, spouse, travelling partner
  2. (communism) comrade
  3. afterbirth, placenta

Proper noun[edit]

يولداش (yoldash) (plural يولداشلار (yoldashlar))

  1. a male given name

Declension[edit]

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