yalğuz

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yalŋuz, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yalïŋ. Compare to Turkish yalnız, Southern Altai јаҥыс (ǰaŋïs), Kyrgyz жалгыз (jalgız), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Qingshui, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [jɑɫʁus]
• (Mengda, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [jɑːɫʁus], [jɑːɫʁuz]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [jɑlχus]

Adjective

yalğuz

1. lonely, alone

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “yalğuz”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 344
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “yalğuz”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[1], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 123
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “yalğuz”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary], 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 329