𐰲𐰭
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Chinese 張 (MC trjang|trjangH, “Zhang”). Compare also English Zhang, a Chinese borrowing.
Proper noun
[edit]𐰲𐰭 (Čaŋ)
- General Zhang Quyi, the nephew of Emperor Xuanzong who was sent in order to attend to Kültegin's funeral
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S13
- 𐰉𐰺𐰴:𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰇𐰲𐰃:𐰋𐰓𐰔:𐰖𐰺𐱃𐰍𐰢𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏:𐱃𐱁:𐰃𐱅𐰏𐰇𐰲𐰃:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰲𐰃𐰴𐰣𐰃:𐰲𐰭:𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤:𐰚𐰠𐱅𐰃
- barq:étgüči:bediz:yaratɣučï:bitig:taš:étgüči:tabɣač:qaɣan:čïqanï:čaŋ:seŋün:kelti
- General Zhang Quyi, the nephew of the Chinese emperor, came in order to build the mausoleum, to make sculptures, to paint and to prepare the insription stones.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S13
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “čaŋ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 323
- Ölmez, Mehmet (1997). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 7: 175-186.[1]