𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tamïr (“vein”). Cognate with Chuvash тымар (tymar), Karakhanid تَمُرْ (tamur), Turkish damar and Yakut тымыр (tımır).

Noun

𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 or 𐾀𐽹𐽾 or 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽾 or 𐽻𐽹𐽶𐽾 (tʾmyr or tmr or tʾmʾr or smyr)

1. (anatomy) vein, artery
2. (botany) nervation, trace, streak
3. (physiology) pulse

Derived terms

• 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 (kök öŋlüg tamïr, “blue vein, cold blood”)
• 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽷𐽰𐽺 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 (ömgen tamïr, “jugular vein”)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “tamar”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 222
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “tamır”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 668