𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰

Old Uyghur

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ada (“danger”). Cognate with Turkish ayartmak (“to seduce”). Compare also Mongolian ад (ad, “devil, evil”).

𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰 (ada)

harm, difficulty, malefaction
danger
- c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, XVI-XVII:
  𐽼𐽶𐽿 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐾇
  Béš törlüg ada bar.
  [Over there are] five kinds of danger.
error, a thing that went wrong

Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ada”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 3
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 60
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
Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)ada”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 6