𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock, boulder”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰖𐰀 (qy¹a), Turkish kaya and Yakut хайа (qaya).
Noun
[edit]𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰 or 𐽲𐾄𐽶 (kaya /q̈ʾyʾ/ or k(a)y(a) /q̈y/)
- rock
- (Can we date this quote?), Story of the Tamed Elephant[1]; Buddhist Old Uyghur Manuscript (Berliner Texte XIII)[2], BT13.04.02.A.v06 (43):
- 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽸𐽳𐽺𐾂 𐾁𐽳𐽵𐾄 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐽷 𐾆
- […] altunlug kaya tek.
- […] like a rock made out of gold.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Unknown. Cognate with Teleut and dialectal Tuvan каяа көргүзрер (kayaa körgüzrer, “to look back”), Karakhanid [script needed] (qaya:, “behind, back”).
Adverb
[edit]𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽰 (kaya /q̈ʾyʾ/)
References
[edit]- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḳaya”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 173
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “(2) kaya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 675
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) kaya ~ k(a)y(a)”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 349
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2) kaya”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 349