ʾwz
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūŕ (“master, craftsman”). Cognate with Turkish uzman, Turkmen uz, Yakut уус (uus). Compare also Mongolian ур (ur).
Noun
[edit]ʾwz (uz)
- 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.
- 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, LXX
References
[edit]- 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