𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰
Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (“palm”). Cognate with Turkish aya.
Noun
[edit]𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰 (aya)
- (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
[edit]- Western Yugur: 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
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)aya”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 85