خېچىر

Uyghur

Alternative forms

  • قېچىر (qëchir)
  • ئات خېچىر (at xëchir)

Etymology

From Mongolian [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Turkic *katïr.[1]

cognates

Cognate with Uzbek xachir, Kazakh қашыр (qaşyr), Kyrgyz качыр (kacır), and Tatar качыр (qaçır), which are also from the Mongolian, and Turkish katır, Azerbaijani qatır, and Turkmen gatyr, which are inherited from Proto-Turkic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /χet͡ʃir/

Noun

خېچىر • (xëchir) (plural خېچىرلار (xëchirlar))

  1. mule

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “katır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 604

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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