ʾd

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”). Cognate with Chuvash ӳт (üt, “body”), Turkish et, Yakut эт (et).

Noun

ʾd (äṭ)

1. 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 yyrʾr^l?ʾ?r

     .. Äṭimin, yinimin yerä yırta tartarlar yerär^lär? ..

     ...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

• ʾt (ät)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: iʰt (“meat, supper”)