𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖

Old Turkic edit

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 公主 (MC kuwng tsyuX, “princess”). Compare also Japanese 公主 (kōshu), Korean 공주 (gongju), Mongolian гүнж (günž), Chinese borrowings.

𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖 (qunčuy)

princess
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5
  𐰋𐰃𐰭𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰠𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰨:𐰴𐰆𐰨𐰆𐰖𐰃:𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰞𐰣𐰢𐰃𐰾
  ebiŋerü:kelmiš:üčünč:qunčuyï:urïlanmïš
  He went to (look at) his house (and saw that) his third princess had just given birth to a son.

Tekin, Talât (1968) “qunčuy”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
Tekin, Talât (1993) “kunçuy”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kunçu:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 635