𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆

Old Uyghur

𐱇 𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆 (t̥ t¹b¹l¹qu /⁠ot tavïlḳu⁠/)

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *tabïlku (“spiraea; jujube”), most likely of a pre-Turkic substrate origin. Cognate with Karakhanid تَڤِلْغُوچْ (tawïlġuč), تَڤِلْقُو (tawïlqu) and Chagatai توبلغو (tobulġu).

Attested only in Ïrḳ Bitig.

Noun

𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆 (t¹b¹l¹qu /tabïlḳu, tavïlḳu/)

1. (botany, rare) a deciduous shrub, most likely either white spirea, bridalwreath or purple willow
   • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 32 (29.l04-l08):

     𐰋𐰃𐱁⸱𐱃𐰉𐰞𐰴𐰆⸱
     𐰘𐰇𐰔⸱𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃
     𐰃⸱𐰘𐰇𐰔⸱𐱃𐰉
     𐰞𐰴𐰆⸱𐰢𐰃𐰭⸱
     𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃⸱𐰢𐰃𐰭⸱

     b²iš⸱t¹b¹l¹qu⸱
     y²üz⸱b¹ul¹t¹
     i⸱y²üz⸱t¹b¹
     l¹qu⸱miŋ⸱
     b¹ul¹t¹i⸱miŋ⸱

     /Bi[r] tavïlḳu yüz boltï, yüz tavïlḳu mïŋ boltï, […] /

     One spirea became a hundred, hundred spireas became a thousand.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tavılku:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 440
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “t(a)b(ı)lku (r)”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 659