twyngwr

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Old Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

twyngwr (tüŋür)

  1. relative
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, LXIV
      xʾn qyzyn ʾdkw ʾwykly tykyn kʾ qwlmyş ʾrty twynkwr pwşwk pwlmyş ʾrti xʾlty
      qan qïzïn edgü ögli tégin-ke qolmïš erti tüŋür böšük bolmïš erti qaltï
      (This) khan wanted his daughter to Prince Kalyanamkara, and thus they became in-laws

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) “tüŋür”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 523
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