Uighur
/ˈwiːɡə
/(also Uigur, Uygur)
noun
1A member of a Turkic people of NW China, particularly the Xinjiang region, and adjoining areas.Delegates, including Tibetans, Cantonese speakers from Hong Kong and Macao, and Turkic Uighurs from Xinjiang in the remote northwest, struggle to make themselves understood in Mandarin....
- Security officials said the men included Pakistanis, Arabs, Chechens, Uzbeks and ethnic Uighurs from China's predominantly Muslim Xinjiang province, where a separatist movement is simmering.
- Most were Uzbeks, but there were also Afghans, Chechens, Uighurs from China and a small number of Arabs.
2 [mass noun] The Turkic language of the Uighurs, which has about 7 million speakers.Khalkha Mongolian may be written in traditional Uighur or Cyrillic script....
- The Uighur language was purged from school curricula, and thousands of Uighur writers were arrested for ‘advocating separatism’ - which often meant nothing more than writing in Uighur.
- He has seen the boy only once in his life; when they converse by telephone, the child speaks Chinese not Uighur.
adjective
Relating to the Uighurs or their language.The reforms of the Kazak and Uygur writing systems are examples of adoption of the Plan under political pressure against the will of the two language communities....
- But its generous portions, authentic cuisine, value and exotic Uygur dance all ensure a special dining experience.
- The faces and dress are Uigur, Kazahk, Tajik and Tartar.
Origin
The name in Uighur.