𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰
Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (“palm”). Cognate with Turkish aya.
Noun
[edit]𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰 (aya /ʾʾyʾ/)
- (anatomy) palm
- 11th century, Tale of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, VI.7 - VI.8:
- 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽶 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽱𐽰𐽾 𐽹𐽺 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽲𐽶
𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽳 𐽶 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽳𐽲 𐾀𐽰𐽷 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽴𐾂𐽸𐽰𐽷𐽶- Séni inče séver men ayadaḳï
yénčü 2 mončuḳ teg közdeki […] - I love you like so,
like these two pearl beads in my palm […]
- Séni inče séver men ayadaḳï
Declension
[edit]| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰 (ʾʾyʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾyʾlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾyʾnynk) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾyʾlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽷𐽰 (ʾʾyʾkʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (ʾʾyʾlʾrkʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾyʾq) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾyʾny) |
𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾyʾlʾryq) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾyʾlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾyʾtʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾyʾlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyʾtyn) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyʾlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽺 (ʾʾyʾn) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyʾlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽽𐽰 (ʾʾyʾcʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾʾyʾkʾrw) | |
| similative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾʾyʾlʾyw) |
Descendants
[edit]- Western Yugur: haja (haya)
References
[edit]- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “aya”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 26
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 267
- Hamilton, James (2020) 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, pages 29, 281
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)aya”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 85