Main Entry: Ui·ghur

Variant(s): also Ui·gur \ˈwē-ˌgu̇r\

Function: noun

Etymology: Uighur Uighur

Date: 1747

1 : a member of a Turkic people powerful in Mongolia and eastern Turkestan between the 8th and 12th centuries a.d. who constitute a majority of the population of Chinese Turkestan
2 : the Turkic language of the Uighurs

— Uighur also Uigur adjective