𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿
Old Uyghur
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾwylmʾk /ül-/, “to share, to allot”) + -𐽳𐽿 (-wš /-iš/), derived from Proto-Turkic *üle-. Compare Western Yugur ulis (“allotment, personal garden, region”), similarly from uliɣi (uli-, “to share, to separate, to allot”).
Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰆𐰞𐱁 (ul¹š /uluš/), Karakhanid اُلُشْ (/uluš/, “village, city”).
Noun
[edit]𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 (ʾwlwš /uluš/)
Declension
[edit]| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 (ʾwlwš) | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾwlwšlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (ʾwlwšnwnk) | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾwlwšlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽲𐽰 (ʾwlwšqʾ) | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (ʾwlwšlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽳𐽲 (ʾwlwšwq), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽺𐽶 (ʾwlwšny) | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (ʾwlwšlʾryq), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾwlwšlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾀𐽰 (ʾwlwštʾ) | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (ʾwlwšlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾwlwštyn) | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾwlwšlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽳𐽺 (ʾwlwšwn) | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾwlwšlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽽𐽰 (ʾwlwšcʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾwlwškʾrw), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐽾𐽰 (ʾwlwšrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾwlwšlʾyw) |
Compound terms
[edit]- 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽸𐽳 (ʾwlwš ʾwrdw /uluš ordo/, “a country and the palace”)
- 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲𐽶 (ʾwlwš ʾwlwqy /uluš uluġï/, “most venerable person in the country”)
- 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽺 (ʾwlwš pwdwn /uluš bodun/, “a nation and its people”)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “uluş”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 265
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uluş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 152-153
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “uluš”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 797