يىڭنە

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Chagatai ایكنه (iɣne), from Proto-Turkic *igne.[1][2] Cognates with Karakhanid یِكْنا (yigne), Turkish iğne, Southern Altai ийне (iyne).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

يىڭنە (yingne) (plural يىڭنىلەر (yingniler))

  1. needle (implement for sewing etc.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “igne”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 110
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(j)igne”, 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