Associations to the word «Uigur»

Wiktionary

UIGUR, proper noun. Alternative form of Uyghur

Dictionary definition

UIGUR, noun. A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas.
UIGUR, noun. The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China.
UIGUR, noun. The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky