ساناق

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sān (“number”)[1] + *-ak, from Proto-Turkic *sā- (“to count”).[2] Cognate with Kazakh санақ (sanaq, “statistic, cencus”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑnɑq/

Noun

ساناق • (sanaq) (plural ساناقلار (sanaqlar))

  1. counting, enumeration

Adjective

ساناق • (sanaq)

  1. (mathematics) cardinal

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sa:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 831
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sā(j)-”, 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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