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Uyghur
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *tïrŋak.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish tırnak.
Pronunciation
Noun
تىرناق • (tirnaq) (plural تىرناقلار (tirnaqlar))
- (anatomy) fingernail or toenail
- (zoology) claw, talon
- Synonym: پەنجە (penje)
- (typography) parenthesis, angle bracket
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tırŋak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 551
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dɨrŋa-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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