ʾwz

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”). Cognate with Turkish uzman, Turkmen uz, Yakut уус (uus). Compare also Mongolian ур (ur).

Noun

ʾwz (uz)

1. master, skilled, craftsman
   • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, LXX

     tykyn xwpwzqʾ ʾrtynkw ʾwz ʾrty

     tégin qopuzqa ertiŋü uz erti

     The prince was very masterful at playing a lute.

References

• 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
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 277