ئەسكى

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eski or *eskü.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish eski.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛski/

Adjective

ئەسكى • (eski)

  1. bad
  2. old
  3. decrepit, ramshackle
  4. (obsolete) ancient

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “eski:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 246
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*es-(kü)”, 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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