𐽶𐽳𐾁

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yōl (“road, way”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫул (śul), Old Turkic 𐰖𐰆𐰞 (yol), Yakut суол (suol) and Turkish yol.

The sense luck is a semantic loan from Mongolic *jol (“luck”).

Noun

𐽶𐽳𐾁 (yol /ywl/)

1. road, way

   Synonyms: 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽷 (yorïk), 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽷 (oruk), 𐾀𐽰𐽳 (tau)

   • 1991, Klaus Röhrborn, “Die alttürkische Xuanzang-Biographie VII”, in Xuanzangs Leben und Werk (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 34.3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, HTVII: 2053 (3):

     𐽶𐽳𐾁 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽻𐾅 𐽰𐽶𐾀𐾂𐽲𐽰𐾁𐽶 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽶

     Yol ïrak, üküš ïḍgalï bolmadï.

     It [was] a long road [and it wasn't possible] to send much.

2. fame
3. heavenly favor

   Synonyms: 𐽷𐽳𐾀 (kut), 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾀 (q̈ut)

4. luck

Derived terms

• 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (yolamak, “to take on one's way”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽽𐽶 (yolčï, “guide”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽶 (yolï, “... times”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽶𐽱𐽶𐾀𐽷𐽳𐽽𐽶 (yoloyvïtgučï, “smuggler”)
• 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽷𐽹𐽰𐽷 (yolukmak, “to meet”)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “yol”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 301
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) yol”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 911-912