n.
1.a member of a people who speak Uighur and live in Xinjiang and adjacent areas
2.the Turkic language spoken by approximately 7,000,000 Uighur people in extreme northwestern China
3.the script (derived from Aramaic) used to write the Uighur language
Idiom of the Day
publish or perish
university professors often have to publish books or articles in journals or they will not be successful in their jobs at the university
The professor was forced to publish or perish if he wanted to advance in his university career.