𐾀𐽰𐽿𐾅

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tāĺ (“stone”). Cognate with Chuvash чул (čul), Old Turkic 𐱃𐱁 (taš), Turkish taş and Yakut таас (taas).

Noun

𐾀𐽰𐽿𐾅 (taš)

1. stone
   • Late 10th century, (Xuanzang Biography, Book 3‎^[1], HTIII: 0125 (22):

     𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐾀𐽰𐽿𐾅 𐽻𐽶𐽾𐽳𐽲

     ...birär taš sïrug...

     /[***] pyrʾr tʾš syrwq [***]/

     ...stone column[s] one [by one]...

   • (Can we date this quote?), Berlin Text U 5335‎^[2], BT13.18.02.04–05:

     𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲 𐾀𐽶𐽲𐽾𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐾀𐽰𐽿𐾅 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐾀𐽶𐽺𐾁𐽲 𐾀𐽶𐽲𐽾𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐾀𐽶𐽿𐾅 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽰𐽾 𐾈

     Tuprak tïgrayu taš tugsar, tïnl(ï)g tïgrayu tiš tugar.

     /twpr^?ʾ^?q^? tyqrʾyw tʾs twqsʾr tynlq tyqrʾyw tys twqʾr/

     When the earth solidifies, a stone is formed; when a living being solidifies, a tooth is formed.

Alternate form

• 𐾀𐽰𐽻 (tʾs)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: das, dahs