چىراي

See also: چیرای and جیرای

Uyghur

Other scripts
Arabic چىراي
Latin chiray
Cyrillic чирай (chiray)

Note: The Cyrillic follows the Kazakhstani standard.

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai چیرای (čyrāy /⁠čiray⁠/), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠢᠷᠠᠢ (čirai), from Proto-Mongolic *čïraï. Cognate to Uzbek chiroy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃirɑj/

Noun

چىراي • (chiray) (plural چىرايلار (chiraylar))

  1. face, facial appearance, facial expression, countenance, mien
    چىرايى تاتاردىchirayi tatardihis face turned white

Declension

Derived terms

  • چىراي-شەكلى (chiray-shekli, beauty)
  • چىرايلىق (chirayliq, beautiful)
  • چىرايىغا قان يۈگۈرمەك (chirayigha qan yügürmek)

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 362
  • 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 I, Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 436