’nkyr
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *egir- (“to spin”). Cognate with Khalaj heyirmək, Turkish eğirmek, Uzbek yigirmoq. Compare also Mongolian ээрэх (eerex).
Verb
[edit]’nkyr (eŋir-)
- (transitive) to spin
- 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, II
- ’m’ry tynlγl’r cγry ’nkyr’r ywnk ’nkyr’r kyntyr ’nkyr’r pwz prt’tp q’rs twqywr
- amarï tïnlïɣlar čïɣrï eŋirer yuŋ eŋirer kentir eŋirer böz bertetip qars toqïyur
- Some people spin mill-wheels, spin wool, spin hemp; knitting cloth and weaving fabric.
- 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, II
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) “egir-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 113