𐽰𐽰𐾀

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐱃 (āt, “name”), Karakhanid ااتْ (āt, “name”), Turkish ad (“name”).

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐾀 (at)

1. name
   • 11th century, Biography of Xuanzang, book 3‎^[1], HTIII: 0501 (26) - HTIII: 0502 (27):

     𐽷𐽳𐽶𐾁 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶 𐾈 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐾁 𐽸𐽰𐽷𐽶 𐾁𐽳𐽳 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽶 𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷
     𐽰𐽰𐾀𐽶 𐽺𐽰𐾁𐽺 𐾀𐽰 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶 𐾉

     […] köl erdi, köldeki luu hanïnïŋ
     atï Nalanta erdi.

     […] was a sea, and the name of the Dragon-king of the sea
     was Nālandā^?.

Descendants

• Western Yugur: at (at)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”). Cognate with Karakhanid اَتْ (at, “horse”), Old Turkic 𐱃 (at, “horse”), Turkish at (“horse”).

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐾀 (at)

1. horse
   • 11th century, Viśvantara-Jātaka (TT13.03)‎^[2], BT13.03.01.v15 (31) - BT13.03.01.v16 (32)‎^[3]:

     𐽰𐽰𐾀 𐾁𐽰𐽾 ^?𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐽳 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽺𐾂𐽶 𐾈
     𐽰𐽰𐽾 𐽰 𐾀𐽰 𐽼𐽳𐽻𐾅 𐽼𐽶^?𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷𐽶𐾁 𐾉

     Atlarïŋnï^? azu kaŋlïŋnï,
     arata pušï bérmegil.

     Do not give [your] horses or cart
     as donations in the meantime!

Descendants

• Western Yugur: at (aʰt)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “at”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 24
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)at”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 78-79
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2)at ~ (a)t”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 79