Where does “Uygur” come from?

Uygur (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish اویغور — Uyghur, the name of an ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan.

Uygur (Turkish): Uyghur

Definitions

  1. Uyghur

Ancestry of “Uygur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishاویغورUyghur, the name of an ethnic group living in northwestern China and southeastern Kazakhstan

Words derived from “Uygur”

Every word from Ottoman Turkish اویغور →