قۇرۇق

Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai قوروغ (qwrwġ /⁠quruġ⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *kūrïg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /quruq/

Adjective

قۇرۇق • (quruq)

  1. dry, arid
  2. empty, hollow, in vain, futile
    قۇرۇق خىيال ― quruq xiyal ― fantasy (literally, “dry dream”)

Derived terms

  • قۇرۇقتىن-قۇرۇق (quruqtin-quruq, “baseless, unfounded: in vain”)
  • قۇرۇقدىماق (quruqdimaq, “to dry clean”)
  • قۇرۇقلىماق (quruqlimaq, “to dry clean”)
  • قۇرۇقلۇق (quruqluq, “dryness”)
  • قۇرۇقچى (quruqchi)

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, page 652
  • Yaqup, Abliz; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Imam, Hemdulla Aburehman; Nur, Perhat; Emet, Abliz; Abdulqadir, Esqer; Tahir, Abdulzahir; Rëhimja, Ablikim (2011), ھازىرقى زامان ئۇيغۇرتىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Modern Uyghur Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), volume II, Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 788
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