𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Uncertain, likely not from 𐰆𐰑 (ud-, “to follow”), more at Uyghurs.

Cognates include Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 (uygur), Middle Chinese 回鶻 (ɦuʌiɦˠuɛt̚) and Chinese 回族 (Huízú, “Hui people”).

Proper noun

𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺 (Uyɣur)

1. the Uyghur tribe
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E37

     𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺:𐰠𐱅𐰋𐰼:𐰘𐰇𐰔𐰲𐰀:𐰼𐰏:𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐱅𐰔𐰯:𐰉𐰺𐰑𐰃

     uyɣur:élteber:yüzče:erig:ilgerü:tezip:bardï

     The governor of the Uyghurs, together with about one hundred men, fled toward the east...

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “uyγur”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 391