Essential Everyday Words in Uyghur

These are high-frequency words you will hear constantly.

Uyghur Transliteration Meaning
ھەئە Hä’ä Yes
ياق Yaq No
بۈگۈن Bügün Today
ئەتىگەن Etigen Tomorrow
تۈنۈگۈن Tünügün Yesterday
ۋاقىت Waqit Time
ئادەم Adem Person
دوست Dost Friend
ئۆي Öy House / Home
مەكتەپ Mäktäp School

Notice how some words resemble Turkish or Persian. Uyghur shares vocabulary roots with other Central Asian languages.

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