𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾

Old Uyghur

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tüŋür (“a relative by marriage”). Cognate with Karakhanid تُنكُرْ (tüŋür), Turkish dünür.

Noun

𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 (tüŋür)

1. relative

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽾 (bagïr), 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽳𐽷 (böšük), 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽶 (čeči), 𐽲𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽿 (kadaš), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽳𐽷 (körtük), 𐽲𐽳𐽸𐽰𐽿 (kudaš), 𐾀𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺 (térin), 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽹𐽶𐽿 (tugmïš), 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 (urug)

   • c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, section LXIV:

     𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽳 𐾀𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺 𐽷𐽰 𐽲𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽶𐽻𐾅 𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶 𐾆 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 𐽼𐽳𐽻𐾅𐽳𐽷 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽶𐽻𐾅 𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾇

     Qan qïzïn edgü ögli, téginke qolmïš erti, tüŋür böšük bolmïš erti qaltï.

     [The] Khan wanted his daughter to Prince [Kalyāṇaṃkara], and thus they became in-laws.

Derived terms

• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾𐽷𐽶𐽰 (tüŋürkiye, “bridegroom; dear, an endearing or diminutive term used for newlywed couples”)

Compound terms

• 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 𐽼𐽳𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽶𐽻𐾅𐽶 (tüŋür böšük iši, “wedding, feast”)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 (twynkwr)

1. (rare, music) a kind of drum used by shamans

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “tüngür”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 258
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tüŋür”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 523
• Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “tüŋür”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 773