𐰢𐰴𐰺𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महाराज (mahārāja). Compare also English maharaja, Turkish mihrace, Sanskrit borrowings through Hindu and Persian respectively.

Proper noun

𐰢𐰴𐰺𐰲 (Maqarač)

1. Maharaja, a seal-keeper of a khagan of the Türgesh tribe who was sent in order to attend to Kültegin's funeral
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S13

     𐰆𐰣𐰸:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰢:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰾:𐰴𐰍𐰦𐰀:𐰢𐰴𐰺𐰲:𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰲𐰃:𐰆𐰍𐰔:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰢𐰍𐰲𐰃:𐰚𐰠𐱅𐰃

     onoq:oɣlum:türgiš:qaɣanta:maqarač:tamɣačï:oɣuz:bilge:tamɣačï:kelti

     From my On-Ok descendants, from the Türgesh khagan, seal-keepers Maharaja and wise Oghuz came.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “maqarač”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 355
• Ölmez, Mehmet (1999). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 9: 59-65.[1]