Etymology

Wu-shih

Mandarin 烏什 /乌什
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from烏什 /乌什
  2. English todayWu-shih

From Mandarin 烏什 /乌什 (Wūshí), Wade–Giles romanization: Wu¹-shih².

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.