𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *elig (“hand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰠𐰏 (elig), Chuvash алӑ (ală) and Turkish el.

Noun

𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷 (elig)

1. hand

   Synonym: 𐽷𐽳𐾁 (kol /⁠kwl⁠/)

   • (Can we date this quote?), Fedakar D. Das Alttürkische in sogdischer Schrift. Textmaterialien und Orthographie. In:UAJ. Neue Folge. Teil I.‎^[1], Sogd450: Mz 433 (Stück1), A:02:

     𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽷𐾀𐽳* 𐽰𐾁𐽷𐽰𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐾀𐽾𐽳 𐽷𐾁𐽰*** 𐽼𐽳 𐽽𐽶𐽽𐽰𐽷 𐽲𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽼***𐽸𐽶𐽸𐽶 𐽽𐽰𐽼𐽶 𐽶𐽾𐽸𐽰 𐽼*** 𐽶𐽺𐽰 𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽹𐽺 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽹***𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾈

     Öŋtün elginte ötrü bo čéček kanta [?] čabï yérde [?] yana brahman pirm[?]larï birle ol.

     Because this flower is in the hands of Eastern [peoples], they are with Brahman in [?].

Descendants

• Western Yugur: [script needed] (ılığ, “hand”)

Numeral

𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷 (älig)

1. fifty
   • c. 1000, Xuastvanift Manuscript (Londoner Chuastuanift-Manuskript)‎^[2], Chuast-L: 244-247:

     𐫀𐫞𐫏𐫏 𐫏𐫏𐫃𐫏𐫡𐫖𐫏𐫗𐫌 𐫁𐫏𐫡 𐫏𐫏𐫓𐫒𐫀 𐫀𐫓𐫏𐫃 𐫞𐫇𐫏𐫗 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫄 𐫔𐫏𐫗𐫎𐫀𐫡𐫌𐫀 𐫂𐫇𐫘𐫏𐫗𐫎𐫏𐫏 𐫀𐫇𐫓𐫇𐫡𐫘𐫇𐫒 𐫏𐫇𐫏𐫡𐫏 𐫁𐫀𐫡 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫏𐫏 𐫵

     Eki yégirminč: bir yïlqa elig kün, arïg déntarča, Vusantï olorsuq törö bar erti.

     Twelfthly: There is a rule that once a year, like the holy Elekti, one should celebrate Wusanti for fifty days.

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “älig”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 71
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) älig ~ (ä)l(i)k / (2) älig”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 103
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2) elig”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 255