ئوقۇماق

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic ئوقۇماق
Latin oqumaq
Cyrillic оқумақ (oqumaq)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *okï- (to call, read, recite).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (okı-, to read, call), Azerbaijani oxumaq (to read, sing), Bashkir уҡыу (uqıw, to read), Kazakh оқу (oqu, to read, recite), Kyrgyz окуу (okuu, to read, learn), Turkmen okamak (to read, study), Uzbek oʻqimoq (to learn, study, read), Yakut угуй (uguy, to call).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔoqumɑq/

Verb

ئوقۇماق • (oqumaq)

  1. to read
  2. to learn

Derived terms

References

  • 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, pages 428-429