𐽰𐽱

Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• 𐰋 (b² /⁠ev⁠/)
• ܐܝܒ (ʾyb /⁠év, éw, eyéw⁠/), ܐܒ (ʾb /⁠ev⁠/)
• 𑀏𑀬‌𑀉 (eya‌u /⁠éw, éyu⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *eb (“house”). Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰋 (eb), Chuvash авлан (avlan, “to marry”), Tuvan өг (ög, “yurt, tent”) and Turkish ev (“house”).

The constellation sense is a semantic loan from Middle Chinese 宿.

Noun

𐽰𐽱 (ʾβ /ev/)

1. house, dwelling-place

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽲 (pʾrq /⁠bark⁠/), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽲 (qʾnʾq /⁠ganah⁠/)

   • c. 14th century, unknown, Saint Matthew's Sermon, T.001 - T.003 // A. fol. 1 recto‎^[N/A]:

     ܐܝܠܝܓܝܢ܂ܐܠܝܦ܂ܐܝܒܝܢܓܟܐ܂ܦܝܪܠܐ܂
     ܐܝܠܬܓܝܠ܂ܓܥܨܐܢ܂ܟܝܡ܂ܐܘܠ܂ܨܝܥܐܝ܂
     ܢܝ܂ܐܝܒܝܢܓܐ܂ܐܝܠܬܝܦ܂ܦܝܪ܂ܐܝܐܓ܂

     ʾylygyn.ʾlyp.ʾybyngkʾ.pyrlʾ.
     ʾyltgyl.xʾcʾn.kym.ʾwl.cyʿʾy.
     ny.ʾybyngʾ.ʾyltyp.pyr.ʾyʾx.

     /Éligin alïp éviŋke birle
     éltgil. Ḫačan kim ol čïgay-
     nï éviŋe éltip. Bir ayaḫ […] /

     Taking [a poor person] by the hand, lead him into your house! If, after you have led the poor person to your house, [wouldn't it be a sin if you have not gave them] a bowl [of food] […]

2. tent, family unit

   Synonym: 𐽲𐽰 (qʾ /⁠ka⁠/)

3. (figurative) goods, property
4. (poetic) material world
5. (astronomy) constellation, mansion

Declension

Declension of 𐽰𐽱

	singular	definite plural
nominative	𐽰𐽱 (ʾβ)	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾβlʾr)
genitive	𐽰𐽱𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾβnynk)	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾβlʾrnynk)
dative	𐽰𐽱𐽷𐽰 (ʾβkʾ)	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (ʾβlʾrkʾ)
accusative	𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽲 (ʾβyq) 𐽰𐽱𐽺𐽶 (ʾβny)	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (ʾβlʾryq) 𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾβlʾrny)
locative	𐽰𐽱𐾀𐽰 (ʾβtʾ)	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (ʾβlʾrtʾ)
ablative	𐽰𐽱𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾβtyn)	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾβlʾrtyn)
instrumental	𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽺 (ʾβyn)	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾβlʾryn)
equative	𐽰𐽱𐽽𐽰 (ʾβcʾ)
directive	𐽰𐽱𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾβkʾrw)
similative	𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾβlʾyw)

Compound terms

• 𐽰𐽱 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽺𐽰𐽲 (ʾβ ʾwrnʾq /⁠ev ornag⁠/, “residence, residing place”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐽶𐽳𐾀𐽳𐽴𐽶 (ʾβ ywtwzy /⁠ev yutuzï⁠/, “married woman”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾβ kʾlynlʾr /⁠ev kelinler⁠/, “wives of a household”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐽷𐽳𐾀𐽶 (ʾβ kwty /⁠ev kutï⁠/, “house spirit”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽷 (ʾβ pʾrk /⁠ev bark⁠/, “house and yard; personal possessions; family, household”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽷 𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽰𐽻𐽶 (ʾβ pʾrk ʾyyʾsy /⁠ev bark iyesi⁠/, “householder”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽷 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐽸𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾβ pʾrk q̈wdmʾk /⁠ev bark kodmak⁠/, “to leave material desires, to become a monk”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽷 𐽼𐽰𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾβ pʾrk pʾšlʾmʾk /⁠ev bark bašlamak⁠/, “to manage a household”)
• 𐽰𐽱 𐾀𐽳𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾβ twtmʾk /⁠ev tutmak⁠/, “to take care of a family”)
• 𐽰𐽱𐽸𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾβdyn ʾwynmʾk /⁠evdin ünmek⁠/, “to leave material desires, to become a monk”)

Derived terms

• 𐽰𐽱𐽽𐽶 (ʾβcy /⁠evči⁠/, “wife, partner, housewife”)
• 𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽶𐽲 (ʾβlyq /⁠evlig⁠/, “married”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: jy (yü), ju (yu), yu (üyu)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “äv”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 78
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “e:v”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)äv”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 129
• Zieme, Peter (2015). Eastern Christian Studies, 41: Altuigurische Texte der Kirche des Ostens aus Zentralasien. G. A. Kiraz, I. Perczel, L. Perrone, & S. Rubenson (Eds.). Gorgias Press. ISBN 978-1-4632-0551-5. pp. 153-161