بەز

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *beŕ.^[1][2] Cognates with Turkish bez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛz/

Noun

بەز • (bez) (plural بەزلەر (bezler))

1. (anatomy) gland (organ that synthesizes and secretes substance)

References

1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “1 bé:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 388
2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bẹńŕ”, 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