kwyc

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Old Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kǖč (“power, strength”).[1] Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰇𐰲 (küč), Khalaj kîç, Turkish güç, Uzbek kuch, Bashkir көс (kös), Yakut күүс (küüs).

Verb[edit]

kwyc (küč)

  1. power, strength
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, LXXX.5:
      ʾwtrw tyntwrxʾly sʾqynty .. ʾyncyp ʾʾvyncxʾ ʾʾrwqy yytty kwycy tʾprʾyw ywryyw ʾwmʾdy
      ötrü tïnturɣalï saqïntï .. ïnčïp avïnčɣa aruqï yétti küči alŋudï tepreyü yorïyu umadï
      Then he, (the prince) thought of letting (the old man) respire, because the old man's fatigue had fallen upon him, his strength was running out, he could not move, he could not walk.

Derived terms[edit]

  • ⇒ kwycʾ (küče-, “to opress”)
  • ⇒ kwyclʾntwr (küčlentür-, “to make stronger”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kü:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 693
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 120
  • Hamilton, James (2020) “küç”, in 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, page 169
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