𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽷

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yorï- (“to walk”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃 (yorı-), Chuvash ҫӳре (śüre), Turkish yürümek and Yakut сырыт (sırıt).

Verb

𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽷 (yorïmak /ywrymʾk/)

1. (intransitive) to go on, to move, to walk

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽿𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ašmak), 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (barmak), 𐽶𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (yügürmek)

   • c. 10th century, Xuāstvānīft manuscript (London)‎^[1], XV C, 312. - 314. / Chuast_L 31w (Chuast 351) - Chuast_L 314 (Chuast 353):

     𐫠𐫏𐫓𐫏𐫗𐫝𐫏𐫗 𐫏𐫖𐫀 𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫉𐫇𐫗 𐫃𐫇𐫏𐫡𐫇𐫛
     𐫠𐫇𐫓𐫠𐫀𐫠𐫏𐫗 𐫀𐫢𐫅𐫏𐫛 𐫎𐫏𐫓𐫏𐫗 𐫘𐫇𐫏𐫉𐫓𐫀𐫛
     𐫀𐫓𐫃𐫏𐫗 𐫘𐫇𐫗𐫇𐫛 𐫀𐫅𐫀𐫠𐫏𐫗 𐫏𐫇𐫡𐫏𐫛 𐫲

     […] ḳïlïnčïn yéma közin körüp,
     ḳulḳaḳïn eḫiḏip, ṭilin sözlep,
     elgin sunup, aḏaḳïn yorïp […]

     […] with [our] deeds, seeing with [our] eyes,
     listening with [our] ears, speaking with [our] tongues,
     reaching with [our] hands, walking with [our] feet […]

2. (intransitive) to take a step
3. (rare, intransitive) to heed

Derived terms

• 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽲 (yorïk, “way, path, action”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽰𐽺 (yorïgan, “in effect, enforced (of laws)”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽲𐽳 (yorïgu, “walk, trek, hike; training”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽶𐽳𐽾 (yorïyur, “course of events”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽷 (yorïmak, “lifestyle”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: jor- (yor-)

References

• Asmussen, J. P. (1965). Xᵘāstvānīft: Studies in Manichaeism. Prostant Apud Munksgaard. p. 179
• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “yorımaḳ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 302
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) yorı-”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 914