Etymograph

English

Niya

Niya comes from Uyghur نىيە.

  1. Uyghurmodernنىيەniye
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1923Niya

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Uyghurmodernنىيەniye
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1923Niya

Earliest quotation: 1923, Aurel Stein, Dehra Dun: Trigonometrical Survey Office: “In the south, the border of the Taklamakān lies…”

Today it means

name A county of Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Uyghur نىيە / Niya