𐽶𐽳𐽲𐽾𐽳𐾀

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yogrut (“yogurt”). Cognate with Karakhanid يُغْرُتْ (yoğrut), Yakut суорат (suorat) and Turkish yoğurt.

Noun

𐽶𐽳𐽲𐽾𐽳𐾀 or 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽳𐾀 (yogrut /ywqrwt/ or yorgut /ywrqwt/)

1. (cooking) yogurt, curdled milk
   • c. 10th century, Maitrisimit Nom Bitig (Maitreyasamitināṭaka Manuscript in Old Uyghur)‎^[1], r09-11 (MaitrGeng 0064-66):

     𐽶𐽹𐽰 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽸𐽰 𐽻𐽸𐽻𐽵𐽶 𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽶𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐽸𐽽𐽶 𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐽲𐽾𐽳𐾀 𐽻𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽲𐽵𐾄𐽶 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶

     Yme bir ugurda, adaqï agarlag ičlig udčï qïzï yogrut satgalï balïqqa barïr erdi.

     And in another case, a pregnant young shepherdess went into town to sell yogurt.

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “yorġurd”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 302
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “yogrut”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 908