𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰
Old Uyghur
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳 (lynqw /lénḫu/)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Chinese 蓮花 (len hˠua).
Noun
[edit]𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (lynqwʾ /lénhua/)
- (botany) lotus, water lily
- c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, XXXVII-XXXVIII:
- 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 𐾀𐽰𐽵 𐽲𐾄𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐽷𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐽻𐽶𐽴 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽶 𐽻𐽶𐽴 𐾈
- Ol altun tagka tegsersiz, kök lénhua körgeysiz.
- If you climb that golden mountain you will see a blue lotus flower.
Declension
[edit]| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (lynqwʾ) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾 (lynqwʾlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (lynqwʾnynk) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (lynqwʾlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽷𐽰 (lynqwʾkʾ) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (lynqwʾlʾrkʾ) |
| accusative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽲 (lynqwʾq) 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽺𐽶 (lynqwʾny) |
𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (lynqwʾlʾryq) 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (lynqwʾlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾀𐽰 (lynqwʾtʾ) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (lynqwʾlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽺 (lynqwʾtyn) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (lynqwʾlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽺 (lynqwʾn) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (lynqwʾlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽽𐽰 (lynqwʾčʾ) | |
| directive | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (lynqwʾkʾrw) | |
| similative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (lynqwʾlʾyw) |
Compound terms
[edit]- 𐽲𐽳𐽿 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (koš lénhua, “Bingdi lotus”)
- 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽷 (lénhua čeček, “lily flower”)
References
[edit]- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “lınḫa”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 126
- 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) “lenhwa”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 452