تەس

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Chagatai تَرْس (ters), ultimate origin is uncertain.[1] Compare Karakhanid تَرْسْ (ters, any difficult thing), Turkish ters (inverse, reverse), terslik (inverseness; adversity), Mongolian тэрс (ters, dissident; contrary), Azerbaijani tərs (contrary, rear, behind, stubborn).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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تەس (tes)

  1. arduous; difficult; rough; strenuous
    تەس كۈنگە قالماقtes kün'ge qalmaqto be pushed into strenuous days
    تەس ئىشtes ishdifficult work
    بۇ توغرىدا بىرەر نەرسە دىيىش تەسbu toghrida birer nerse diyish tesit is difficult to say anything about this matter
    تاققا چىقماق تەسtaqqa chiqmaq tesmountain climbing is arduous
    ئېيتماق ئاسان، قىلماق تەسëytmaq asan, qilmaq testalk is easy, action is hard

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ters”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 553

Further reading

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  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN