𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kẹl- (“to come”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰠 (kel-, “to come”), Karakhanid کَلْماكْ (kelmēk, “to come”), Turkish gelmek (“to come”).

Verb

𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 or 𐽷𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (kelmek or k(e)lmek)

1. (intransitive) to come

   𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽳𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐾉

   Üzüksüz keltiler.

   [They] came without respite.

2. (intransitive) to reach a destination

   𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾀𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐾀𐽰𐽱𐽲𐽰𐽽 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 𐽷𐽰 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾉

   Kutlug Tavgač Uluška kelti.

   S/he reached the holy Chinese realm.

3. (rare) to receive tax payments

Derived terms

• 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽷𐽶𐽺 (kelgin, “flood, inundation”)
• 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽺 (kelin, “bride, maid”)
• 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷 (kelmedök, “future”)

Noun

𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (kelmek)

1. departure, leave

   𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐽲𐾄 𐽶𐽳𐾁

   Kelmeki yok yol

   [The] road with no turning back

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “kälmäk”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 104
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) käl- ~ k(ä)l-”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 354