What does "uyghur" mean?
A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.
Uyghur
/ˈwiːɡɚ/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A member of a Turkic ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.
- Grammar: uyghur is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: uighur, uigur.
- Usage evidence: I'm the only one who doesn't know Uyghur.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Adjective
- 1 Of, from, or pertaining to the Uyghur people or the Uyghur language. not-comparable
"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."
Proper Noun
- 1 The language of the Uyghur people.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"I'm the only one who doesn't know Uyghur."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "uyghur"?
Common synonyms include: uighur, uigur.
How do you use "uyghur" in a sentence?
I'm the only one who doesn't know Uyghur.
How do you pronounce "uyghur"?
Pronounced /ˈwiːɡɚ/.
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