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UYGUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Uygur" is a kind of...):
script (a particular orthography or writing system)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China
Synonyms:
Uighur; Uigur; Uygur
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Uygur" is a kind of...):
Turki; Turkic; Turkic language; Turko-Tatar (a subfamily of Altaic languages)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
Synonyms:
Uighur; Uigur; Uygur
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Uygur" is a kind of...):
Turki (any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language)
Holonyms ("Uygur" is a member of...):
Sinkiang; Xinjiang; Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people)
