كەبى

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic كەبى
Latin ‍kebi‍
Cyrillic кәби

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Karakhanid [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *kēpi, from Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, image, example”). Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (kīp) from Proto-Turkic *kēp.

cognates

Cognate with Uzbek kabi, Turkish and Gagauz gibi, Azerbaijani kimi, Turkmen kimin, and Crimean Tatar kibi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛbi/

Postposition

كەبى • (kebi)

  1. like, as, just as
    قاي كىشىنىڭ بۇ كەبى كۆڭۈل ئاچار دىلدارى بار؟
    qay kishining bu kebi kö'ngül achar dildari bar?
    Who has a sweetheart like this who can cheer one up?

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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