’nkyr

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *egir- (“to spin”). Cognate with Khalaj heyirmək, Turkish eğirmek, Uzbek yigirmoq. Compare also Mongolian ээрэх (eerex).

Verb

’nkyr (eŋir-)

1. (transitive) to spin
   • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, II

     ’m’ry tynlγl’r cγry ’nkyr’r ywnk ’nkyr’r kyntyr ’nkyr’r pwz prt’tp q’rs twqywr

     amarï tïnlïɣlar čïɣrï eŋirer yuŋ eŋirer kentir eŋirer böz bertetip qars toqïyur

     Some people spin mill-wheels, spin wool, spin hemp; knitting cloth and weaving fabric.

References

• Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “egir-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 113