𐽻𐽳𐽰

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 鎖 (suɑ^X).

Noun

𐽻𐽳𐽰 (sua or suo)

1. chain

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽲 (bag), 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽿𐽰𐾁 (bagšal), 𐽼𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽺 (bakan), 𐽼𐽰𐽷 (bek), 𐽼𐽳𐽷𐽰𐽷𐽳 (bukagu), 𐽽𐽳𐽲 (čug), 𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽻𐾅 (iliš), 𐽷𐽶𐽿𐽰𐽺 (kišen), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐾁𐽳𐽷 (kölök), 𐽴𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽾𐽶𐽰𐽷𐽵 (sïnčïr), 𐽴𐾅𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽾𐽶𐽰 (žančïr)

   • c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, XXXI.5:

     𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶 𐾀𐽶𐽹𐽶𐽾 𐽻𐽳𐽰 𐽷𐽹𐽶 𐽻𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽼 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽸𐽶

     Yéti témir sua, kémi sualap turgurdï.

     Seven iron chains bound and immobilized the ship.

Derived terms

• 𐽻𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (sualamak, “to bind with chains”)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “so:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 781
• Hamilton, James (2020) 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
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “suo”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 631