𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Sanskrit बुद्धराजा (buddharājā, “Buddha-King”), nominalized compound of 𐽼𐽳𐽾 (bur, “Buddha”) + 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽺 (han, kan, “ruler, khan”). First element in the compound is borrowed from Middle Chinese 佛 (bɨut̚, “Buddha”), ultimately from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awake, enlightened”).
Compare the variant 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽺 (burhagan, burkagan), with 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽺 (kagan, “ruler, khagan”) as the second element and Proto-Koreanic *Pwutukye (“Buddha”) and its descendants, also with the meaning "king Buddha".
Noun
[edit]𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺 or 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽷𐾂𐽰𐽺 or 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐾄𐾄𐽰𐽺 or 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽺 (burhan or burkan or burḫan or burh(a)n)
- (religion, Buddhism) Buddha
- 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Book XXX (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)[1], AY.B01.05.v08 (S516):
- 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽼 𐾈
- […] Burhan kutïn bulup.
- […] finding the dignity of Buddha.
- (religion) prophet
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾀 (arhant), 𐽹𐽿𐽶𐽲𐽰 (méšiha), 𐫛𐫎𐫃𐫀𐫖𐫁𐫡𐫏 (patgambar), بیغامبار (pïgambar), 𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽱𐽰𐽽 (yalavač)
- c. 1000, Xuastvanift Manuscript (Berliner Chuastuanift-Manuskript)[2], Chuast_B 041 (T.II.D.178 III:verso5-7) (Chuast 041-043):
- 𐫐𐫀𐫖𐫞 𐫁𐫇𐫡𐫒𐫀𐫗𐫓𐫀𐫡 𐫗𐫏𐫗𐫃 𐫵 𐫀𐫡𐫏𐫞 𐫗𐫇𐫖𐫗𐫇𐫗𐫃 𐫵 𐫀𐫔𐫔 𐫇 𐫒𐫏𐫓𐫏𐫗𐫢𐫓𐫞 𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫉𐫇𐫕𐫓𐫀𐫡𐫗𐫏𐫗𐫃 𐫵 𐫏𐫏𐫡
- […] kamag burhanlarnïŋ, arïg nomnuŋ, edgü kïlïnčlïg üzütlerniŋ, yér […]
- […] [which is] the origin, the root and the dwelling-place of all the prophets, of the sacred doctrine, of all the good souls […]
Alternate forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “burḳan”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, pages 53, 54
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) burhan ~ burh(a)n”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 200, 201