𐽰𐽳𐽴

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”). Cognate with Turkish uzman, Turkmen uz, Yakut уус (uus). Compare also Mongolian ур (ur).

Noun

𐽰𐽳𐽴 (uz)

1. craftsman

   Synonyms: 𐽻𐽰𐽼𐽲𐽰𐽷 (sapgak), 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾀 (uzagut)

   • (Can we date this quote?), Story of the Tamed Elephant^[1]; Buddhist Old Uyghur Manuscript (Berliner Texte XIII)‎^[2], BT13.04.01.e.v04-05 (29-30):

     *** 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐾂𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐽵𐾄 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽺𐾂 𐽺𐾂𐽶 𐽶𐽶𐽵𐾄𐽸𐽳𐽾*** 𐽶𐽶𐽵𐾄𐽶𐽼 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 𐽽𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐾁***

     ...yana ok bodunnï yïgdïrup, yïgïp temürči uzl[arïg?]...

     ...but again he had the people gathered, he gathered the ironsmith craftsm[e]n...

2. master

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽾𐽶 (ačari), 𐽼𐽰𐽵𐽻𐾅𐽶 (bahšï), [script needed] (fapši), 𐽷𐽰𐽱 (kav), 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽵𐽶𐾀 (puruhit), 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾀 (uzagut)

   • c. 10th century, Maitrisimit Nom Bitig (Maitreyasamitināṭaka Manuscript in Old Uyghur)‎^[3], r09-11 (MaitrGeng1849-51):

     𐾉 𐽱𐽶𐽿𐾅𐽱𐽰𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐽴 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽳 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽵𐽳𐽰 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽷 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽰𐽾𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽾 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶 𐾈

     Višvakarme uz-teŋri, tü törlüg hua čečekin yérig yolug éter yaratur erdi.

     Vishvakarma, the Master-God, adorned the earth and the path with various flowers.

3. ability

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽹 (erdem), 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (bilmek), 𐽷𐽰𐽸𐽶 (ked), 𐽰𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽷 (umak)

Derived terms

• 𐽰𐽳𐽴 𐽰𐽶𐽿𐾅 (uz-iš, “handiwork, crafts”) (cf. 𐽰𐽶𐽻𐾅 (iš, “work”))
• 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾀 (uzagut, “master, craftsman; quick-handed person”)
• 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷𐾁𐽶𐽲 (uzanmaklïg, “crafty, skilled, professional; owner”)

Adjective

𐽰𐽳𐽴 (uz)

1. skilled, handy, able

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐾁 (al), 𐽰𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 (aŋsïz), 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽹 (erdem), 𐽽𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽲𐽳 (čïdagu), 𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽲𐽰𐽶𐽻𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷 (ilgeysök), 𐽷𐽰𐽸𐽶 (ked), 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐽷𐽶𐽰 (uzkïya)

   Antonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽸𐽳𐽷 (agduk), 𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽻𐽳𐽴 (unčsuz)

   • c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, section LXX:

     𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺 𐽵𐽳𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽲𐽰 𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽴 𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶 𐾉

     Tégin kopuzka ertiŋü uz erti.

     The prince was [very] skillful at playing the lute.

2. good, excellent, fit (Rare)

Adverb

𐽰𐽳𐽴 (uz)

1. complete, whole, perfect

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽶𐾁 (adïl), 𐽰𐽺𐽳𐽸𐽰𐽲𐽾𐽰 (anudara), 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰𐽹𐾁𐽰𐾀𐽶 (birtemleti), 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (čïngaru), 𐽰𐽳𐽸𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽰𐽷 (odgurak), 𐾀𐽳𐾁𐽳 (tolu), 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽷𐾁 (tükel)

   Antonym: 𐽰𐽲𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽷 (egsük)

   • c. 1248, Colophon for the Sitātapatrādhāraṇī; Buddhist Old Uyghur Blockprint (Berliner Texte XIII)‎^[4], BT13.48.02 (03-04):

     ***𐾀𐽷𐽰𐽷 𐽽𐽰 𐽼𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽷 𐽶 𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽵𐾄𐽰 𐽻𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐽴 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽼 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽶 𐾇

     ...[Ene]tkekče bitiginiŋ tamgasïn erte uz oyturup yaŋïrtï.

     ...[he] perfectly carved in and slued the writing[-blocks] and seals [printed] in Sanskrit.

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “uz”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 279
• 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
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 277
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) uz”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 810-811