بۆشۈك

Uyghur

Etymology

From Chagatai نیشیك (beşik), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺčik.[1] Cognates with Turkish beşik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøʃyk/

Noun

بۆشۈك • (böshük) (plural بۆشۈكلەر (böshükler))

  1. cradle (oscillating bed for a baby)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “béşük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 380

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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