𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ada (“danger”). Cognate with Turkish ayartmak (“to seduce”). Compare also Mongolian ад (ad, “devil, evil”).

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰 (ada)

1. harm, difficulty, malefaction
2. danger
   • c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, XVI-XVII:

     𐽼𐽶𐽿 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽰 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐾇

     Béš törlüg ada bar.

     [Over there are] five kinds of danger.

3. error, a thing that went wrong

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ada”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 3
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 60
• 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)ada”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 6