ئۇن

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ūn.[1] Cognates with Turkish un, Southern Altai ун (un), Tatar он (on).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔun/

Noun

ئۇن • (un) (plural ئۇنلار (unlar))

  1. flour (ground cereal grains or other foodstuff)

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 166

Further reading
  • 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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