qʾdʾš
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from qʾ (qa, “family”) + -dʾš (-daš), the first element of which is borrowed from Middle Chinese 家 (MC kae). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰵𐰒𐱂 (qadaš); unrelated to Turkish kardeş and the like seen in modern languages.
Noun
[edit]qʾdʾš (qadaš)
- relative
- 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XXXV.5:
- ʾwytrw qʾdʾš ʾʾyyx ʾwykly tykynyk ʾwytlp ... kmy twtwzwp yʾntrw ʾydty
- ötrü qadaš ayïɣ ögli teginig ötlep ... kémi tutuzup yantru ïdtï
- Later, his relative gave advice to the ill-willed prince, leaving the ship to him and sending it back.
Alternative forms
[edit]- xʾdʾš (xadaš)
References
[edit]- 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
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kadaş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 607