ʾd
Old Uyghur
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”). Cognate with Chuvash ӳт (üt, “body”), Turkish et, Yakut эт (et).
Noun
editʾd (äṭ)
- meat, flesh (both of human and of game)
- Late 10th century, (Xuanzang Biography, Book 3[1], HTIII 0780 HtPek 28 a:
- pw q̈ʾz ʾrsʾr [odgurak] pwdystv ʾwl : pyz nʾ [***] mwnwnk ʾtyn yykwlwk ..
- Bo kaz ärsär odgurak? bodisatv ol. Biz nä munuŋ ätin yegülük!
- ...As for this goose, it is (certainly) a Boddhisatva. What kind of people are we that we should eat its flesh!
- 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Parchment 1 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)[2], AY.P1.00.10.r13-r14:
- ʾdymn yyṅymyn yyrʾ yyrtʾ tʾrtʾrlʾr yyrʾrl?ʾ?r
- .. Äṭimin, yinimin yerä yırta tartarlar yerärlär? ..
- ...cutting and tearing my flesh and body in a splitting and ripping motion...
- 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Parchment 2 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)[3], AY.P2.05.r6-r7:
- ʾʾty kwytrwlmys-l?ʾr? ʾtʾwyzy yʾnʾ ʾd qʾn ʾrmʾz ..
- Atï kötrülmišlär ätözi yana äṭ kan ärmäz
- The corporealities of those whose names are exalted are made neither of flesh nor of blood.
Alternative forms
edit- ʾt (ät)
Descendants
edit- Western Yugur: iʰt (“meat, supper”)