Where does “回鶻” come from?

回鶻 (Chinese) comes from Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 — Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century.

回鶻 (Chinese): Uighur

Definitions

  1. Uighur

Ancestry of “回鶻”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Uyghur𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾Uyghur, an extinct Turkic ethnic group who lived in the Tarim Basin, Eastern Central Asia and Western China between 8th and 15th century

Words derived from “回鶻

Every word from Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾
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