𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾

Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽾 (čʾkr /⁠čakr⁠/)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Common Turkic *čakïr (“light gray, grayish blue (of eyes)”). Cognate with Karakhanid چَاقِرْ (čaqır, “blue or gray of eyes”), Ottoman Turkish چاقر (çakır, “light blue”), Kazakh шағыр (şağyr) and Bashkir шағыр (şağır, “whitish”).

Adjective

𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (cʾkyr /čakïr/)

1. (rare) blue (said of eye color)

   𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴𐾁𐽳𐽲

   Čakïr közlüg.

   Blue-eyed.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tocharian B cākkär, from Sogdian ܨܮܪ (čaxr /⁠cγr⁠/), 𐼕𐼋𐼋𐼘 (čakr⁠ /⁠ckkr⁠/), itself from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám (“wheel”).

Noun

𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (cʾkyr /čakir/)

1. wheel
2. (weaponry) chakram, a kind of disk used as a melee weapon
3. (religion, Buddhism) chakra
4. (religion, Buddhism) one of seven jewels representative of the Buddha's and or Maitreya's allure in Mahāyāna Buddhism

Declension

Declension of 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾

	singular	definite plural
nominative	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (čʾkyr)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾 (čʾkyrlʾr)
genitive	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (čʾkyrnynk)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (čʾkyrlʾrnynk)
dative	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽰 (čʾkyrkʾ)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (čʾkyrlʾrkʾ)
accusative	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽲 (čʾkyryq) 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽺𐽶 (čʾkyrny)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (čʾkyrlʾryq) 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (čʾkyrlʾrny)
locative	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰 (čʾkyrtʾ)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (čʾkyrlʾrtʾ)
ablative	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (čʾkyrtyn)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (čʾkyrlʾrtyn)
instrumental	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺 (čʾkyryn)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (čʾkyrlʾryn)
equative	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽽𐽰 (čʾkyrčʾ)
directive	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (čʾkyrkʾrw)
similative	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (čʾkyrlʾyw)

Derived terms

• 𐽽𐽷𐽾𐽱𐽾𐾀 (čakravart /⁠ckrβrt⁠/, “Universal ruler, one who spins the wheel of the doctrines of Buddha”)

See also

Colors in Old Uyghur · 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽲 (bodug), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷 (öŋ) (layout · text)

𐽰𐽰𐽲 (ak), 𐽽𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽺 (čagan), 𐽲𐽶𐽿𐽲𐽰 (kïšga), 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 (yürüŋ)	𐽼𐽳𐽴 (boz), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök)	𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽰 (kara)
𐽰𐽰𐾁 (al), 𐽽𐽳𐽴𐽰 (čuza), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽶𐾁 (kïzgïl), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽶𐾁 (kïzïl)	𐽰𐽰𐾁 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (al sarïg), 𐽰𐽰𐽾 (ar), 𐽼𐽳𐽴𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽳 (bozïrgu), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yagïz)	𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (sarïg), 𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽴𐽰𐽷𐽲 (karaža)
	𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök), 𐽶𐽰𐽿 (yaš), 𐽶𐽰𐽿𐽶𐾁 (yašïl), 𐽴𐽾𐽲𐽳𐽺𐽽 (zargunč)
𐽽𐽰𐽽 (čač)	𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽾 (čakïr), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kök)	𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽿 (köküš), 𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (razavart)
𐽾𐽴𐽰𐽱𐽾𐾀 (razavart), 𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yipgin)	𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽷𐽶𐽺 (yipgin), 𐽶𐽶𐽼𐽳𐽺 (yipün)	𐽽𐽶𐽱𐽻𐽶𐽲 (čivsig), 𐽽𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽲 (čögsig), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (kïzgan), 𐽻𐽰𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽺 (sazgan)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “çaḳır”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 58
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) čakır, č(a)kir ~ č(a)k(i)r ~ čakir”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 218