𐽰𐽰𐾀

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰀𐱃 (āt, “name”), Karakhanid ااتْ (āt, “name”), Turkish ad (“name”).

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐾀 (at)

1. name
   • Late 10th century, Xuanzang Biography, Book III‎^[1], HTIII: 0710-12 (21-23):

     𐽼𐽳 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷**𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽰𐾀𐽶 𐽹𐽲𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽷*** 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐾀 𐽶 𐾀𐽶𐽼 𐽰𐽰𐾀𐽶 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾉

     Bo saŋitnïŋ atï Mahasaŋike saŋitï tep atï boltï

     This councils name is Mahāsaṅghika-saṃgīti, [which is] its appelatory name.

Descendants

• Western Yugur: at

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *at (“horse”). Cognate with Karakhanid اَتْ (at, “horse”), Old Turkic 𐱃 (at, “horse”), Turkish at (“horse”).

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐾀 (at)

1. horse
   • (Can we date this quote?), Viśvantara-Jātaka; Buddhist Old Uyghur Texts from Turfan‎^[2], BT13.03.01.v15-16 (31-32):

     𐽰𐽰𐾀𐾁𐽰𐽾***𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐽳 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽺𐾄𐽶 𐾈 𐽰𐽰𐽾 𐽰 𐾀𐽰 𐽼𐽳𐽻𐾅* 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷𐽶𐾁 𐾉

     Atlar[***]ï aẓu kaŋlïŋnï, arata pušï bérmegil!

     Don't give [your] horse[s] or wagon as a donation in the meantime!

Descendants

• Western Yugur: aʰt

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “at”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 24
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)at”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 78-79
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2)at ~ (a)t”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 79