𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏

Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• 𐽹𐽰𐽺𐽶 (mʾny /⁠Mani⁠/), 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽶 (myny /⁠Méni⁠/) (scribal error)
• ܡܐܢܝ (mʾny /⁠Mani⁠/)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 (mʾny), from Middle Persian 𐭌𐭀𐭍𐭉 (mʾny), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܡܐܢܝ (mʾny /⁠Mānī⁠/).

Found almost exclusively in Manichaean texts, and as a result, most surviving attestations are severely damaged and fragmentary.

Proper noun

𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 (mʾny /Mani/)

1. (religion, Manichaeism) Mani, the founder of Manichaeism

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽳𐽲 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾdyncyq ʾydwq qʾnk /⁠Adïnčïġ Ïdoḳ Kaŋ⁠/), 𐫖𐫏𐫎𐫡𐫀𐫏 (myṯrʾy /⁠Métri⁠/), 𐫏𐫡𐫇𐫞 𐫏𐫀𐫓𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 𐫞𐫀𐫗𐫃 (yrwq yʾlʾbʾc qʾng /⁠Yaruḳ Yalavač Ḳaŋ⁠/)

   • undated, unknown, The Great Hymn to Mani, T III D 260 1.b/c (r2)‎^[1]:

     𐫀𐫏𐫀𐫞 𐫓𐫐 𐫀𐫅𐫅𐫓𐫄 𐫃𐫀𐫗𐫃𐫏𐫖 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 𐫂𐫇𐫡𐫍𐫀

     ʾyʾq lk ʾddlɣ gʾngym mʾny βwrhʾ

     / […] ayaġlïġ aḍḍlïġ ḳaŋïm, Mani burḫa[nïm!]/

     […] My venerable and glorious father, my prophet Mani!

Compound terms

• 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 𐫁𐫇𐫡𐫍𐫀𐫗 (mʾny bwrhʾn /⁠Mani Burḫan⁠/, “Prophet Mani”)

Derived terms

• 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏𐫘𐫎𐫀𐫗 (mʾnysṯʾn /⁠manistan⁠/, “convent, monastery, cloister”)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “Mani”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 128
• Bang Kaup, Johann Wilhelm & Gabain, von Annemarie (1930), Türkische Turfan Texte III: Der große Hymnus auf Mani, Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 5
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) mani”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 466