𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽
Appearance
Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kǖč (“power, strength”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰲 (küč), Khalaj kîç, Turkish güç, Uzbek kuch, Bashkir көс (kös), Yakut күүс (küüs).
Noun
[edit]𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽 (küč)
- power, strength
- c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, LXXX.5:
- 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽶𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽶 𐾈
- ...küči alŋudï, tepreyü yorïyu umadï.
- His strength was waning, he could not move, he could not walk.
Derived terms
[edit]- ⇒ 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (küčemek, “to oppress”)
- ⇒ 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (küčlentürmek, “to make stronger”)
References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kü:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 693
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 120
- Hamilton, James (2020) “küç”, in Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 169