pwrqʾn

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Old Uyghur edit

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Etymology edit

From Common Turkic *burkan (Buddha-king). Cognate with Karakhanid بُرْخَنْ (burχan, idol), Mongolian бурхан (burxan, god) a Turkic borrowing.

Noun edit

pwrqʾn (burχan, burqan)

  1. Buddha
    • c. 900, Maitrisimit, MaitrGeng0196–0197:
      t'nkry pwrq'n ''γz ynt' nwm 'yšyd[**] q̈wtrwlm'q̈ t't'γnynk 'ydyšy pwltyl[*]r
      täŋri burhan agz-ınta nom ešid[ip] kutrulmak tatagnıŋ idiši boltıl[a]r
      From the mouth of the god Buddha they heard the law and became a vessel of the elixir of salvation.