𐽰𐽸

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”). Cognate with Chuvash ӳт (üt, “body”), Turkish et, Yakut эт (et).

Noun

𐽰𐽸 or 𐽰𐽸𐾂 or 𐽰𐾀 (ed or eṭ or et)

1. meat, flesh (both of human and of game)
   • Late 10th century, (Xuanzang Biography, Book 3‎^[1], HTIII 0780 HtPek 28 a:

     𐽼𐽳 𐽵𐾄𐽰𐽴 𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽰𐽾 *** 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽶𐽻𐾀𐽱 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾈 𐽼𐽶𐽴 𐽺𐽰 *** 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐾈

     Bo kaz erser ^[odgurak?] bodisatv ol. Biz ne munuŋ etin yégülük!

     ...As for this goose, it is [certainly] a [reincarnation of a] Boddhisatva. What kind of people are we that we should eat its meat!

   • 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Parchment 1 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)‎^[2], AY.P1.00.10.r13-r14:

     𐽰𐽸𐾃𐽶𐽹𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐾂𐽶𐽹𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐽰 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾***

     .. Eṭimin, yinimin yére yïrta tartarlar, yerer^ler?...

     ...cutting and tearing my flesh and body in a splitting and ripping motion...

   • 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Parchment 2 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)‎^[3], AY.P2.05.r6-r7:

     𐽰𐽰𐾀𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐾀𐽾𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽶𐽻 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽰 𐽰𐽸 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽴

     Atï kötrülmišler etözi yana ed kan ärmäz

     The corporealities of those whose names are exalted are made neither of flesh nor of blood.

Derived Terms

• 𐽰𐽸 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐾅𐾁𐽶𐽲 (et ašlïg, “carnivorous, a type of demon”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽽𐽶 (etči, “butcher”)
• 𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴 (etöz, “body, corporeality”)
• 𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽴 (etyémez, “vegetarian”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: iʰt (“meat, supper”)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ät”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 77
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ät”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 126