Old Uyghur
editEtymology
editVariant form of 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 (wyqwr), possibly a later spelling.
Adjective
edit𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 (Uygur /ʾwyqwr/)
- Uyghur
- c. 10th century, Maitrisimit Nom Bitig (Maitreyasamitināṭaka Manuscript in Old Uyghur)[1], 01:r21-23 (MaitrGeng 0021-23):
- 𐽶𐽹𐽰 𐽼𐽳 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽰 𐽰𐽱𐽶 *** 𐽼𐽶𐽴 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽶𐾁 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽰 𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽺 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽹𐽴 𐽵𐾄𐽳𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰 𐾆
- Yme bo buyanag eŋ önre evi[rer] biz Tenribögü İl Bilge Arslan Teŋri Uygur Terkenimiz kutïŋa.
- We dedicate this merit firstly to the majesty of our Uyghur Tarkhan, Tengri-Bögü Il Bilge Arslan Tengri.
References
edit- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “Uyġur (≈ Uiġur)”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 269
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “uygur”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 810