𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶

Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• 𐾀𐽰𐽼𐽻𐽶 (tʾpsy /⁠tepsé, tepsi⁠/)
• 𐫔𐫏𐫂𐫘𐫏 (δyβsy /⁠ṭévsi⁠/), 𐫎𐫏𐫛𐫘𐫏 (ṯypsy /⁠tévsi⁠/)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 疊子 (dep̚ t͡sɨ^X). Cognate with Karakhanid تَڤْسٖی (tewsi), Ottoman Turkish تپسی (tepsi).

Noun

𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶 (typsy /tépsé, tépsi, tipsi/)

1. (rare) dish, plate, trough

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾyʾq /⁠ayaḳ⁠/), 𐽽𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽲 (cʾnʾq /⁠čanaḳ⁠/), 𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽶𐽿 (ʾydyš /⁠édiš⁠/), 𐽲𐽰𐽽𐽰 (qʾcʾ /⁠ḳača⁠/), ܟܣܐ (ksʾ /⁠ḳasa⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽰 (kwyrkʾ /⁠körge⁠/), 𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽰𐽺 (qʾpʾn /⁠ḳapan⁠/)

   𐫛𐫀𐫓𐫏𐫠 𐫔𐫏𐫂𐫘𐫏 𐫠𐫇𐫂𐫞𐫀𐫘𐫏

   pʾlyq̈ δyβsy q̈wβqʾsy

   /balïḳ ṭévsi ḳovġasï/

   his trough and pail for catching fish

Declension

Declension of 𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶

	singular	definite plural
nominative	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶 (typsy)	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾 (typsylʾr)
genitive	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (typsynynk)	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (typsylʾrnynk)
dative	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽷𐽰 (typsykʾ)	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (typsylʾrkʾ)
accusative	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽷 (typsyk), 𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽶 (typsyny)	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽷 (typsylʾryk), 𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (typsylʾrny)
locative	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽸𐽰 (typsydʾ)	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰 (typsylʾrdʾ)
ablative	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽸𐽶𐽺 (typsydyn)	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (typsylʾrdyn)
instrumental	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽺 (typsyn)	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (typsylʾryn)
equative	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽽𐽰 (typsycʾ)
directive	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (typsykʾrw), 𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐽾𐽰 (typsyrʾ)
similative	𐾀𐽶𐽼𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (typsylʾyw)

Descendants

• → Middle Mongol: تپشی (tebši)
  • → Azerbaijani: təpsi

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tevsi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 445
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “tepse”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 708