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Noun: Uygur
  1. The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China
    - Uighur, Uigur, Uighur language, Uigur language, Uygur language
     
  2. The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
    - Uighur, Uigur
     
  3. A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
    - Uighur, Uigur

Derived forms: Uygurs

Type of: script, Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar

Part of: Sinkiang, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region

Encyclopedia: Uygur, Kulp