ئىنى

Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai اینی (ini), from Proto-Common Turkic *ini.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish ini, Old Turkic 𐰃𐰤𐰃 (in²i), Karakhanid اِنی (ini).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔini/

Noun

ئىنى • (ini)

  1. younger brother
    Synonym: ئۇكا (uka)
  2. Used when addressing a male person younger than speaker.

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ini:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 170
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ini”, 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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