𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫgsiŕ, equivalent to 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽵 (ög, “mother, mind”) +‎ -𐽻𐽳𐽴 (-süz, “-less”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰏𐰾𐰔 (ögsüz), Turkish öksüz, Bashkir үкһеҙ (ükheź), Tuvan өскүс (ösküs).

Sense 1 and 2 are from different homophonic Proto-Turkic roots, using the same suffixation.

Adjective

𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 or 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 (ögsüz /ʾwykswz/ or ögsiz /ʾwyksyz/)

1. motherless; orphan

   Synonym: 𐽵𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 (qaŋsïz)

   • c. 11th century, Tale of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, LXXVII.6:

     𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽵𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 𐽵𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶 𐽻𐽶𐽴 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽴 𐾈

     Ögsüz ögi, ḳaŋsïz ḳaŋï siz boltuŋuz.

     You became a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless.

2. mindless, dumb, unconscious

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 (biligsiz), 𐽹𐽳𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽾𐽳𐽷 (müntrük), 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽴 (tuymaz), 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽷𐽰 (tümgä)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ögsüz”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 148
• 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) “ögsüz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 116
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ögsüz”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 528