𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 公主 (MC kuwng tsyuX, “princess”). Compare also Japanese 公主 (kōshu), Korean 공주 (gongju), Mongolian гүнж (günž), Chinese borrowings.

Noun

𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖 (qunčuy)

1. princess
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5

     𐰋𐰃𐰭𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰠𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰨:𐰴𐰆𐰨𐰆𐰖𐰃:𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰞𐰣𐰢𐰃𐰾

     ebiŋerü:kelmiš:üčünč:qunčuyï:urïlanmïš

     He went to (look at) his house (and saw that) his third princess had just given birth to a son.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qunčuy”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kunçuy”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰸𐰆𐰨𐰖”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kunçu:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 635