𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Uncertain, likely not derived from 𐰆𐰑 (ud¹ /⁠ud-⁠/, “to follow”), see more at the Wikipedia page.

Cognates include Old Uyghur 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾 (wyqwr /⁠Uyġur⁠/), Middle Chinese 回鶻 (ɦuʌiɦˠuɛt̚) and Chinese 回族 (Huízú, “Hui people”).

Proper noun

𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺 (uy¹ǧr¹ /Uyɣur/)

1. (anthropology, sociology) Uyghurs
   • c. 732 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Kül Tegin Inscription eastern side, line 37:

     𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺:𐰠𐱅𐰋𐰼:𐰘𐰇𐰔𐰲𐰀:𐰼𐰏:𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐱅𐰔𐰯:𐰉𐰺𐰑𐰃

     uy¹ǧr¹:l²t²b²r²:y²üzča:r²g:il²gr²ü:t²zp:b¹r¹d¹i

     /Uyɣur Eltäbär, yüzčä ärig ilgärü täzip bardï./

     The Elteber of Uyghurs fled towards and regrouped in the east, with around a hundred men.

Declension

Declension of 𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺

Note: Not all forms are attested.
nominative	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺 (uy¹ǧr¹)
dative	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰴𐰀 (uy¹ǧr¹qa)
accusative	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰆𐰍 (uy¹ǧr¹uǧ)
locative	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰑𐰀 (uy¹ǧr¹d¹a)
ablative	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰑𐰃𐰣 (uy¹ǧr¹d¹in¹)
instrumental	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰆𐰣 (uy¹ǧr¹un¹)
equative	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰲𐰀 (uy¹ǧr¹ča)
directive	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰆 (uy¹ǧr¹ǧr¹u)
similative	𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺𐰞𐰖𐰆 (uy¹ǧr¹l¹y¹u)

Further reading

• Tekin, Talât (1968), “uyγur”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 391