Uighur

noun

Ui·​ghur ˈwē-ˌgu̇r 

variants or Uyghur or less commonly Uigur

plural Uighur or Uighurs or Uyghur or Uyghurs also Uigur or Uigurs

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 adjective

or Uyghur or less commonly Uigur

Word History

Etymology

Uighur Uighur

First Known Use

1747, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Uighur

• briar
• brier
• buyer
• choir
• crier
• cryer
• drier
• dryer
• eyer
• flier
• flyer
• friar