يىرىڭ

Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *iriŋ,^[1] from *iri- (“to decay, to rot”).^[2] Cognates Turkish irin, Southern Altai ириҥ (iriŋ), Kyrgyz ириң (iriŋ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jiriŋ/

Noun

يىرىڭ • (yiring)

1. pus

References

1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “iriŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233
2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*iri-”, 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