ئالقىش

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Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *ạlkïĺ,[1] from *ạlkï- (to bless, to praise).[2] Cognates with Turkish alkış.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ئالقىش (alqish) (plural ئالقىشلار (alqishlar))

  1. clapping, applause
  2. welcome

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alkış”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 137
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạlkɨ-”, 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