كىيىك

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Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *keyik.[1][2] Cognates with Southern Altai кийик (kiyik), Kumyk гийик (giyik), Turkish geyik.

Pronunciation

Noun

كىيىك (kiyik) (plural كىيىكلەر (kiyikler))

  1. deer
    Synonym: بۇغا (bugha)
  2. Mongolian gazelle, antelope

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kéyik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 755
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gejik”, 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