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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Chagatai قولاج (kulac, kulaç), from Proto-Turkic *kulač.[1][2] Although Kashgari puts the origin as *kol (arm) +‎ *ač- (to open, to spread),[3] Clauson finds this impossible.[1] Cognates with Turkish kulaç, Southern Altai кулаш (kulaš).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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غۇلاچ (ghulach) (plural غۇلاچلار (ghulachlar))

  1. (anatomy) shoulder, upper arm
    غۇلاچ ئاچماقghulach achmaqto extend one's arms
  2. measure word for; armspan, fathom
    بىر غۇلاچ ئارغامچاbir ghulach arghamchaa rope of an armspan's length

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kulaç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 618
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kula-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  3. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943

Further reading

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  • 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