Uyghur

[ wee-goor ]

/ ˈwi gʊər /

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noun, plural Uy·ghurs, (especially collectively) Uy·ghur.

a member of a predominantly Muslim Turkic-speaking people, dominant in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan from the 8th to 12th centuries a.d., and now living in northwestern China, mainly in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

the Turkic language of the Uyghurs.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Uyghurs or their language.

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Sometimes Ui·ghur, (Older Spelling) Ui·gur; (Pinyin) Wei·wu’er .

Origin of Uyghur

First recorded in 1840–45; from Uyghur; a self-designation of the Uyghur people

OTHER WORDS FROM Uyghur

Uy·ghu·ri·an

[wee-goor-ee-uhn], /wiˈgʊər i ən/, Uy·ghu·ric, adjective

How to use Uyghur in a sentence

Teachers told me of a government decision to halt the teaching of the Uighur language in schools beginning in 2012.
China's Dangerous Delusion|Paul Mooney|July 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, Uighur sources say several hundred thousand young Uighur woman have been forced to work in factories in eastern China.
China's Dangerous Delusion|Paul Mooney|July 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Uighur sources counter that hundreds of Uighurs were killed after police allegedly opened fire.
China's Dangerous Delusion|Paul Mooney|July 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Then there's a Uighur on my list—I'll appear to him in a shaman's hut and he'll assume I'm a devil.
The Ego Machine|Henry Kuttner

This monastery lies about 25 m. south by east of the Uighur capital.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6|Various
Sanskrit's very simple, but medieval Russian's confusing, and as for Uighur—however!
The Ego Machine|Henry Kuttner
It is trilingual--viz., Chinese, Uighur, and runic or Yenissei characters.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various