ئاتا

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ata.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑtɑ/

Noun

ئاتا • (ata) (plural ئاتىلار (atilar))

  1. father, dad
  2. Respectful form of address for an old male person.

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ata:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Ata / *Ete”, 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
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