𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (“palm”). Cognate with Turkish aya.

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰 (aya)

1. (anatomy) palm
   • c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, VI.8:

     𐽰𐽰𐽹𐽾𐽰𐽵 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽷𐽳𐽹 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽶 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽱𐽰𐽾 𐽹𐽺 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽵𐽶 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽳 [ii] 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽳𐽵 𐾀𐽰𐽷

     Amraq ögüküm séni ïnča sever men, ayadaqï yinčü [2] mončuq teg

     My dear child, I love you like this; like two pearly beads in my palm

Descendants

• Western Yugur: haya

References

• 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
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)aya”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 85