𐽰𐽷𐽰

Old Uyghur

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *äkä (elder sister).

Noun

𐽰𐽷𐽰 (ʾkʾ /äkä, ekä/)

  1. elder sister, sister
    Synonym: 𐽰𐽽𐽰 (ʾcʾ /⁠äčä⁠/)
    • c. 9th-10th century, Fortune-telling Book page 36; recto, line 7 (line 155) [T.II.Y.36.1.r7]:[1]
      𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐾁 [] 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽷 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽷 𐽻𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽽𐾁𐽶𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾈
      lwk ʾwl [] ʾkʾnk yʾnkʾnk sʾwynclyk ʾwl
      / [] Äkäŋ yäŋäŋ säwinčlig ol./
      Your older sisters and older sisters-in-law are cheerful.
    • c. 1067, Taš Yegän Totoḳ (𐾀𐽰𐽿 𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐾀𐽳𐽲) & Faptsun Šäli (𐽳𐽰𐽼𐾀𐽻𐽳𐽺 𐽿𐽰𐾁𐽶) & Tu Tsupa Äkä (𐾀𐽳 𐾀𐽻𐽳𐽼𐽰 𐽰𐽷𐽰), Maitrisimit (弥勒会见记) 1st chapter, page 16, line 16 (recto, line 16) [第一品十六叶]:[2][3]
      [𐽰𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽶 𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽺]𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽰𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽲𐾄𐽶 𐽺𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽰 𐽺𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽼𐽰𐾁𐽰 𐽰𐽰𐽷𐽰 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽴[𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽵 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾀𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽼]
      [ʾʾntʾ synʾyʾny prʾmʾn]nynk swzʾq̈yntʾq̈y nʾntʾ nʾntʾpʾlʾ ʾʾkʾ pʾltyz[lʾryx q̈wtqʾryp]
      /[Anta Senayani Braman]nïŋ suzaḳïntaḳï Nanda Nandabala äkä-baltïz[laraġ ḳutġarïp...]/
      Having liberated the sisters Nandā and Nandabalā from the city where the Brahmā Senāyāni [come from...]
Declension
Declension of 𐽰𐽷𐽰
Note: Not all forms are attested.
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽰𐽷𐽰 (ʾkʾ) 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾkʾlʾr)
genitive 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾkʾnynk) 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾkʾlʾrnynk)
dative 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽷𐽰 (ʾkʾkʾ) 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (ʾkʾlʾrkʾ)
accusative 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽷 (ʾkʾk)
𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽺𐽶 (ʾkʾny)
𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽷 (ʾkʾlʾryk)
𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾkʾlʾrny)
locative 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽸𐽰 (ʾkʾdʾ) 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰 (ʾkʾlʾrdʾ)
ablative 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ʾkʾdyn) 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ʾkʾlʾrdyn)
instrumental 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽺 (ʾkʾn) 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾkʾlʾryn)
equative 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽽𐽰 (ʾkʾcʾ)
directive 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾkʾkʾrw)
similative 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾkʾlʾyw)
Derived terms
  • 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽷 (ʾkʾk /⁠äkäk⁠/, prostitute)
  • 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽹 (ʾkʾm /⁠äkäm⁠/, title for low-ranking ladies)
  • 𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽽 (ʾkʾc /⁠äkäč⁠/, female)

Descendants

  • Western Yugur: ehge[4]

References

  1. ^ Bang Kaup, Johann Wilhelm; von Gabain, Annemarie (1929), Bruchstücke eines Wahrsagebuches (Turkische Turfantexte; I) (in German), page 13
  2. ^ Geng (耿), Shimin (世民) (2008), 回鹘文哈密本《弥勒会见记》研究 (in Chinese), →ISBN, page 87
  3. ^ https://vatec2.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/vatecasp/Maitrisimit_0-2.htm#174000
  4. ^ Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992), “姐妺”, in 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 27

Further reading

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968), “äkä”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 70
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “[Dis. EGE] eke:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100
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    Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 167
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021), “1äkä”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 102