ساقاق

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sakak.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish sakak (between the chin and the neck).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑqɑq/

Noun

ساقاق • (saqaq) (plural ساقاقلار (saqaqlar))

  1. gill

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sakak (saka:k)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 807
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sakak”, 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