𐽰𐽱

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eb (“house”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋 (eb), Chuvash авлан (avlan, “to marry”) and Turkish ev (“house”).

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

Noun

𐽰𐽱 (ev)

house, dwelling-place, palace, hut, farm
Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽵𐾄 (bark), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽵 (ganah), 𐽶𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽵𐾄 (yaylïk)

𐽰𐽱 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾀𐽶
ev kutï
house spirit
- undated, Exhortation directed to laity to give alms (TT13.15)‎^[1], BT13.15.05.10 (25)‎^[2]:
  𐽰𐽳𐾀 𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽶 𐽰𐽱 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽲𐾄 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾈
  Otlug oprï ev bark ol […]
  A fiery pit they are, house [and] yard […]
- undated, Poem about death and transience (TT13.16)‎^[3], BT13.16.B.r01 (23) - BT13.16.B.r04 (26)‎^[4]:
  𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽲 𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽹 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆
  𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆
  𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 𐽻𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽺𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐾆
  𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽳𐽹 𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆
  Tört kapïglïg evim ol,
  törttin yïŋak ačuk ol.
  Tözgerü čïngaru sakïnsar,
  tört ulugum kurug ol.
  My house is one with four doors,
  it is open in four directions.
  If [it] was to think about and realize,
  my four great [merits] are in vain.
tent, family
Synonym: 𐽲𐽰 (ka)
- 10th century, Maitrisimit Nom Bitig‎^[5], r13(MaitrGeng0548):
  𐽼𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽲𐾄𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐽰 𐾀𐽶𐽲𐾄𐽹𐽶𐽿
  […] bayagutlar evleri barklarï üze tïkmïš […]
  […] are from wealthy progeny […]
  (lit. ' […] are crammed into the families of noble/rich people […] ')
goods, property
(poetic) material world
𐽰𐽱𐽸𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷
evdin ünmek
to leave the house; to abandon material desires
(astronomy) constellation, mansion
𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽱
törtünč ev
fourth mansion (in Brahmic and Sinitic cosmogony)

Derived terms

𐽰𐽱𐽽𐽶 (evči, “wife, partner, housewife”)
𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽶𐽲 (evlig, “married”)
>? Old Uyghur: 𐽰𐽱𐽸𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽷 (evdimek, “to gather, to collect”)

Descendants

Western Yugur: yu

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