𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tüŋür (“a relative by marriage”). Cognate with Karakhanid تُنكُرْ (tüŋür), Turkish dünür.

Noun

𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 (twynkwr /tüŋür/)

1. co-in-law, a father- or mother-in-law of one's child

   Synonym: 𐽲𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽺 (kadïn)

2. relative, kin

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽾 (bagïr), 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽻𐽳𐽷 (böšük), 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽶 (čeči), 𐽲𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽿 (kadaš), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽳𐽷 (körtük), 𐽲𐽳𐽸𐽰𐽿 (kudaš), 𐾀𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺 (térin), 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽹𐽶𐽿 (tugmïš), 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 (urug)

Declension

Declension of 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾

	singular	definite plural
nominative	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 (twynkwr)	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾 (twynkwrlʾr)
genitive	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (twynkwrnwnk)	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (twynkwrlʾrnynk)
dative	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽷𐽰 (twynkwrkʾ)	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (twynkwrlʾrkʾ)
accusative	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 (twynkwrwq) 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽺𐽶 (twynkwrny)	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (twynkwrlʾryq) 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (twynkwrlʾrny)
locative	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾀𐽰 (twynkwrtʾ)	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (twynkwrlʾrtʾ)
ablative	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (twynkwrtyn)	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (twynkwrlʾrtyn)
instrumental	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺 (twynkwrwn)	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (twynkwrlʾryn)
equative	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽽𐽰 (twynkwrcʾ)
directive	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (twynkwrkʾrw)
similative	𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (twynkwrlʾyw)

Compound terms

• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽳𐽷 (tüŋür böšük, “relative by marriage”)
• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽻𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽶𐽻𐽶 (tüŋür böšük iši, “wedding, feast”)

Derived terms

• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽷𐽶𐽰 (tüŋürkiye, “bridegroom; dear bride, an endearing or diminutive term used for newlywed couples”)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “tüngür”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 258
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tüŋür”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 523
• 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) “tüŋür”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 773