تەس
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Uyghur[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Chagatai تَرْس (ters), ultimate origin is uncertain.[1] Compare Karakhanid تَرْسْ (ters, “any difficult thing”), Turkish ters (“inverse, reverse”), terslik (“inverseness; adversity”), Mongolian тэрс (ters, “dissident; contrary”), Azerbaijani tərs (“contrary, rear, behind, stubborn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
تەس • (tes)
- arduous; difficult; rough; strenuous
- تەس كۈنگە قالماق ― tes kün'ge qalmaq ― to be pushed into strenuous days
- تەس ئىش ― tes ish ― difficult work
- بۇ توغرىدا بىرەر نەرسە دىيىش تەس ― bu toghrida birer nerse diyish tes ― it is difficult to say anything about this matter
- تاققا چىقماق تەس ― taqqa chiqmaq tes ― mountain climbing is arduous
- ئېيتماق ئاسان، قىلماق تەس ― ëytmaq asan, qilmaq tes ― talk is easy, action is hard
See also[edit]
- دىشۋار (dishwar)
- قىيىن (qiyin)
- مۇشەققەتلىك (musheqqetlik)
References[edit]
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ters”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 553
Further reading[edit]
- 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