𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽽𐽲𐽰
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *abïčga (“old man”),[1] a variant of Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽼𐽳𐽽𐽲𐽰 (abučɣa) and Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽲𐽰 (avïnčɣa).
Noun
[edit]𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽽𐽲𐽰 or 𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽽𐽵𐾄𐽰 or 𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽲𐽰 (avïčɣa or avïčqa or avïnčɣa)
- old man
- Antonym: 𐽵𐾄𐽳𐽾𐾀𐽲𐽰 (qurtɣa)
- c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, LXXX.5:
- 𐽰𐽳𐾀𐽾𐽳 𐾀𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽵𐽰𐾁𐽶 𐽻𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶 𐾈 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽶𐽼 𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽵𐽰 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽳𐽲𐽶 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐾀𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽸𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽶
- Ötrü, tïnturɣalï saqïntï, ïnčïp avïnčɣa aruqï yétti, küči alŋudï, tepreyü yorïyu umadï.
- Then he, (the prince) thought of letting (the old man) respire, because the old man's fatigue had fallen upon him, his strength was running out, he could not move, he could not walk.
References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “avıçğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 6
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “avıçġa, avıçḳa, avınçġa”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page avıçġa, avıçḳa, avınçġa of 25-26
- Hamilton, James (2020) “avıçġa”, in Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 147
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “avıčga”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 83