تۈگمە

Uyghur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tyɡmɛ/

Noun

تۈگمە • (tügme) (plural تۈگمىلەر (tügmiler))

  1. button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tügme:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 482
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*düg-”, 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