Noun: Uyghur 'wee-gûr
- A member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
- Uighur, Uigur, Uygur
- The Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur in extreme northwestern China
- Uighur, Uigur, Uygur, Uighur language, Uigur language, Uygur language
- The script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
- Uighur, Uigur, Uygur
Derived forms: Uyghurs
Type of: script, Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar
Part of: Sinkiang, Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
Encyclopedia: Uyghur