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Uyghur en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʔuɪ̯.ɡʊɾ/ (Philippines)
  • /ˈwiɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwiːɡʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Uyghur ئۇيغۇر (uyghur). Introduced as part of national delimitation in the Soviet Union, reviving the name used by the Uyghur Khaganate. See Uyghurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language.
    • The purpose of this Act is to direct United States resources to address human rights violations and abuses, including gross violations of human rights, by the Government of the People’s Republic of China through the mass surveillance and internment of over 1,000,000 Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and members of other Muslim minority groups in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. 2020, “S. 3744: Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020”, in GovTrack:
    • Hotan is located in southern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It is an oasis town in the Tarim Basin, north of the Kunlun Mountains and south of the Taklamakan Desert. Hotan Prefecture is a multinational area: 96 percent Uyghur and 3 percent Han. 2011 November 4, Dongya Zhang, “A discovery of folk gems in Hotan”, in Beijing Today, number 543, →ISSN, →OCLC, Travel China, page 21, column 3:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Uigur alternative lexicographic
Uighur alternative lexicographic
Ouigour alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Uygur alternative lexicographic
Uigour alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

Uyghurness · Uyghurland · Uyghuric

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Uyghur terms

Translations (35)

ug ئۇيغۇرچە (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · fa اویغوری (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · hu ujgur (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · alt уйгур (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · bn উইঘুর (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · uk уйгу́рський (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · sjo ᡠᡞᡤᡠᠷ (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · de uigurisch (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · tr Uygur (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · tt уйгыр (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · sv uigurisk (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · tg уйғурӣ (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · fi uiguurilainen (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · mnc ᡠᡳᡤᡠᡵ (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · sh Ујгурски (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · kk ұйғыр (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · mk ујгурски (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · mn уйгур (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · be уйгу́рскі (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · fi uiguuri- (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · uz uygʻur (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · sh Ujgurski (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · ru уйгу́рский (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · bg уйгу́рски (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · pl ujgurski (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · mnc ᡥᠣᡳᠰᡝ (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · ky уйгур (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · ko 위구르 (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · vi Duy Ngô Nhĩ (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · ug ئۇيغۇر (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · et uiguuri (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · nl Oeigoers (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · az uyğur (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · ja ウイグル (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language) · cmn 維吾爾 /维吾尔 (of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language)

wikipedia: national delimitation in the Soviet Union · wikipedia: Uyghur Khaganate

Uyghur en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʔuɪ̯.ɡʊɾ/ (Philippines)
  • /ˈwiɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwiːɡʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Uyghur ئۇيغۇر (uyghur). Introduced as part of national delimitation in the Soviet Union, reviving the name used by the Uyghur Khaganate. See Uyghurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meanings

  1. A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.
    • A new U.S. congressional committee on China will hold its second hearing on Thursday, seeking to highlight what Washington says is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China's Xinjiang region. Rights groups accuse Beijing of abuses, including forced labor, mass surveillance and the placement of 1 million or more Uyghurs - a mainly Muslim ethnic group - in a network of internment camps in Xinjiang. 2023 March 23, Michael Martina, “U.S. House panel on China to highlight abuse of Uyghurs in second hearing”, in Jonathan Oatis, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Ouigour alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Uighur alternative lexicographic
Uygur alternative lexicographic
Uyghur Number=Plur lexicographic
Uyghurs Number=Plur lexicographic
Uigour alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Uigur alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Uyghuristan

Translations (58)

da uigur (member of ethnic group) · de Uigure (member of ethnic group) · ru уйгу́р (member of ethnic group) · mnc ᡥᠣᡳᠰᡝ (member of ethnic group) · de Uigurin (member of ethnic group) · sjo ᡠᡞᡤᡠᠷ ᡠᡣᠰᡠᠷᠠ (member of ethnic group) · he אויגורית (member of ethnic group) · tk uýgur (member of ethnic group) · pl Ujgur (member of ethnic group) · fr ouïghour (member of ethnic group) · hu ujgur (member of ethnic group) · tt уйгыр (member of ethnic group) · ug уйғур (member of ethnic group) · cmn 維吾爾 /维吾尔 (member of ethnic group) · uk уйгу́р (member of ethnic group) · kk ұйғыр (member of ethnic group) · fi uiguuri (member of ethnic group) · tr Uygur (member of ethnic group) · cmn 維吾爾人 /维吾尔人 (member of ethnic group) · pt uigur (member of ethnic group) · tg уйғур (member of ethnic group) · sh Ујгур (member of ethnic group) · sah уйгуур (member of ethnic group) · fa اویغور (member of ethnic group) · alt уйгур (member of ethnic group) · nl Oeigoer (member of ethnic group) · ko 위구르 (member of ethnic group) · it uiguro (member of ethnic group) · uk уйгу́рка (member of ethnic group) · eo ujguro (member of ethnic group) · th อุยกูร์ (member of ethnic group) · cmn 維吾爾族 /维吾尔族 (member of ethnic group) · mn уйгур (member of ethnic group) · ru уйгу́рка (member of ethnic group) · be уйгу́рка (member of ethnic group) · az uyğur (member of ethnic group) · es uigur (member of ethnic group) · sh Ujgur (member of ethnic group) · sv uigur (member of ethnic group) · ky уйгур (member of ethnic group) · ar أُويْغُورِيّ (member of ethnic group) · uz uygʻur (member of ethnic group) · bn উইঘুর (member of ethnic group) · he אויגורי (member of ethnic group) · ug ئۇيغۇر (member of ethnic group) · vi Duy Ngô Nhĩ (member of ethnic group) · hi उइग़ुर (member of ethnic group) · cs Ujgur (member of ethnic group) · pl Ujgurka (member of ethnic group) · be уйгу́р (member of ethnic group) · kbd уйгур (member of ethnic group) · sah уйгур (member of ethnic group) · et uiguur (member of ethnic group) · ca uigur (member of ethnic group) · ar أُويْغُورِيَّة (member of ethnic group) · ota اویغور (member of ethnic group) · hy ույղուր (member of ethnic group) · ja ウイグル (member of ethnic group)

wikipedia: national delimitation in the Soviet Union · wikipedia: Uyghur Khaganate

Uyghur en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈʔuɪ̯.ɡʊɾ/ (Philippines)
  • /ˈwiɡɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈwiˌɡʊɹ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈwiːɡʊə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Uyghur ئۇيغۇر (uyghur). Introduced as part of national delimitation in the Soviet Union, reviving the name used by the Uyghur Khaganate. See Uyghurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Meanings

  1. The language of the Uyghur people.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Ouigour alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Uighur alternative lexicographic
Uigour alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Uygur alternative lexicographic
Uigur alternative lexicographic

Translations (53)

it uiguro (language) · ru уйгу́рский (language) · ug ئۇيغۇرچە (language) · ga Uigiúiris (language) · mg Oigoro (language) · pl język ujgurski (language) · nv Wíígow bizaad (language) · eo ujgura lingvo (language) · ca uigur (language) · hi उइग़ुर (language) · ky уйгурча (language) · ko 위구르어 (language) · ug уйғурчә (language) · oc oigor (language) · fa زبان اویغوری (language) · nl Oeigoers (language) · ar أُويْغُورِيّ (language) · kk ұйғыр тілі (language) · ja ウイグル語 (language) · fy Oeigoersk (language) · de Uigurisch (language) · fo uigurskt (language) · br ouigoureg (language) · az uyğur dili (language) · pt uigur (language) · mnc ᡥᠣᡳᠰᡝ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (language) · ar اللُّغَة الْأُويْغُورِيَّة (language) · hy ույղուրերեն (language) · mnc ᡠᡳᡤᡠᡵ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (language) · cmn 維語 /维语 (language) · ky уйгур тили (language) · hu ujgur (language) · sjo ᡠᡞᡤᡠᠷ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (language) · hi उइग़ुर भाषा (language) · et uiguuri keel (language) · ru уйгу́рский язы́к (language) · bn উইঘুর (language) · uz uygʻur tili (language) · fr ouïghour (language) · sv uiguriska (language) · mn ойгуур (language) · da uigursk (language) · cs ujgurština (language) · ug ئۇيغۇر تىلى (language) · fr ouïgour (language) · mn ойгуур хэл (language) · kbd уйгурыбзэ (language) · alt уйгур тил (language) · bo ཡུལ་གོར་སྐད (language) · cmn 維吾爾語 /维吾尔语 (language) · vi tiếng Duy Ngô Nhĩ (language) · tr Uygurca (language) · fi uiguuri (language)

wikipedia: national delimitation in the Soviet Union · wikipedia: Uyghur Khaganate