𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽳𐾀

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ạbuč, a corruption of the original 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽳𐾀 (ʾʾdwt). Cognate with Chuvash ывӑҫ (yvăś), Kazakh уыс (uys) and Turkish avuç.

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽳𐾀 or 𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽳𐽽 (avut or avuč)

1. (anatomy) handful, palm (of hand)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Mahākaruṇika-nāma-ārya Avalokiteśvara Dhāraṇī-anuśaṃsa-sahita-sūtrāt-saṃgr̥hītā fragments; Buddhist Old Uyghur Texts from Turfan‎^[1], BT13.15.07.08 (49-50):

     𐽰𐽰𐽱𐽳𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽼𐽰𐽲 𐽼𐽳𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐽳𐽷𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽴 𐽹𐽳 𐾈

     Avutïn turpak pušïlïg Ašoke Kan ermezmü?

     Is he not the King Ashoka with the sparing of a handful of earth?

Descendants

• Western Yugur: [script needed] (oš)

References

• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “avut”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 84