pwrqʾn
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- bwrk̇ʾn (burhan)
Etymology
[edit]From Common Turkic *burkan (“Buddha-king”). Cognate with Karakhanid بُرْخَنْ (burχan, “idol”), Mongolian бурхан (burxan, “god”) a Turkic borrowing.
Noun
[edit]pwrqʾn (burχan, burqan)
- Buddha
- c. 900, Maitrisimit, MaitrGeng0196–0197:
- t'nkry pwrq'n ''γz ynt' nwm 'yšyd[**] q̈wtrwlm'q̈ t't'γnynk 'ydyšy pwltyl[*]r
- täŋri burhan agz-ınta nom ešid[ip] kutrulmak tatagnıŋ idiši boltıl[a]r
- From the mouth of the god Buddha they heard the law and became a vessel of the elixir of salvation.