𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽽𐽰
Appearance
Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k + *-če.
By surface analysis 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 (twyrk) + -𐽽𐽰 (-čʾ), the equative form of 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 (Türk) (as in, "[speaking] like a Turk").
Compare Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥), Turkish Türkçe.
Proper noun
[edit]𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽽𐽰 (türkče)
- (language) Middle Turkic, Old Uyghur language
- Synonym: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽷 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽶 (Türk tili)
Adjective
[edit]𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽽𐽰 (türkče)
- Middle Turkic, Turkish, of or pertaining to the Turkic language used in the medieval ages.
- Synonym: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 (Türk tilinte)
- c. 1248, Colophon for the Sitātapatrādhāraṇī;[1] Buddhist Old Uyghur Blockprint (Berliner Texte XIII)[1], BT13.48.03 (05-06):
- 𐽰𐽺𐽰𐾀𐽷𐽰𐽷 𐽽𐽰 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 𐽽𐽰 𐽻𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽾𐽶 𐽻𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽲 𐾇
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Related terms
[edit]- 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 (Türk)
Usage notes
[edit]Used interchangably with 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽽𐽰 (Uygurča).
References
[edit]- ^ Kılıç Cengiz, A. (2020). TWO OLD UYGHUR SITĀTAPATRĀDHĀRAṆĪ FRAGMENTS FROM THE BERLIN TURFAN COLLECTION. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları (HÜTAD) (32), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.20427/turkiyat.621862
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “türkçä”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 258
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “Türkčä”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 775