n.
Variant: also Ui · gur
Pronunciation: ' w ē - ˌ gu ̇ r
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