Where does “تاغلىق” come from?

تاغلىق (Uyghur) comes from Uyghur تاغ, from Proto-Turkic tāg — mountain.

تاغلىق (Uyghur): mountainous

Definitions

  1. mountainous

Ancestry of “تاغلىق”, step by step

تاغلىق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Uyghur تاغ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Uyghurتاغmountain
2Proto-Turkictāgmountain

via Uyghur ـلىق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UyghurـلىقDerives adjectives from nouns; with, having, containing something
Every word from Proto-Turkic tāg →Every word from Uyghur تاغ →