𐽰𐽱

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eb (“house”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋 (eb), Chuvash авлан (avlan, “to marry”) and Turkish ev (“house”).

The sense constellation is a semantic loan from Middle Chinese 宿.

Noun

𐽰𐽱 (ev)

1. house, dwelling-place, palace, hut, farm

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽵𐾄 (bark), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽵 (ganah), 𐽶𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽵𐾄 (yaylïk)

   • (Can we date this quote?), Mahākaruṇika-nāma-ārya Avalokiteśvara Dhāraṇī-anuśaṃsa-sahita-sūtrāt-saṃgr̥hītā fragments; Buddhist Old Uyghur Texts from Turfan‎^[1], BT13.15.05.10 (25):

     𐽰𐽳𐾀𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽶 𐽰𐽱 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽵𐾄 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆

     Otlug oprï, ev bark ol.

     A fiery pit they are, [the] huts [over there].

   • (Can we date this quote?), Mahākaruṇika-nāma-ārya Avalokiteśvara Dhāraṇī-anuśaṃsa-sahita-sūtrāt-saṃgr̥hītā fragments; Buddhist Old Uyghur Texts from Turfan‎^[2], BT13.16.B.r01-2 (23-4):

     𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽹 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆

     Tört kapïglïg evim ol, törttin yïŋak ačok ol...

     My house, [it] is a house with four doors, [it] is open in four directions...

   • 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Book 4 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)‎^[3], AY.B04.12.v03-4 (0493-4):

     𐽼 𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶*** ***𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽱𐽶 𐽼𐽰***

     ...Burhannï[ŋ] [***]nïŋ evi ba[***]

     ...Palace of [???] [and] [of great] Buddha...

2. tent, family

   Synonym: 𐽲𐽰 (ka)

   • c. 10th century, Maitrisimit Nom Bitig (Maitreyasamitināṭaka Manuscript in Old Uyghur)‎^[4], r06-7 (MaitrGeng 0421-22):

     𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽶 𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽰𐽰𐽴𐽳𐽺 𐽰𐽴𐾅𐽳𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽵𐾄 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽾 𐾈

     Kulankulé erser bir éki evlerde ažun tutmak bolur.

     If it is [thus] a Kulaṃkula^[5], it will take on the existence of one [or] two families.

3. goods, property
4. material world (Poetic)
5. constellation, house (Astronomy)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: yu

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “äv”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 78
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “e:v”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)äv”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 129