𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽽𐽰

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Old Uyghur

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k + *-če.

By surface analysis 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 (twyrk) +‎ -𐽽𐽰 (-čʾ), the equative form of 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 (Türk) (as in, "[speaking] like a Turk").

Compare Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥), Turkish Türkçe.

Proper noun

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𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽽𐽰 (türkče)

  1. (language) Middle Turkic, Old Uyghur language
    Synonym: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽷 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽶 (Türk tili)

Adjective

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𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽽𐽰 (türkče)

  1. Middle Turkic, Turkish, of or pertaining to the Turkic language used in the medieval ages.
    Synonym: 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰 (Türk tilinte)
    • c. 1248, Colophon for the Sitātapatrādhāraṇī;[1] Buddhist Old Uyghur Blockprint (Berliner Texte XIII)[1], BT13.48.03 (05-06):
      𐽰𐽺𐽰𐾀𐽷𐽰𐽷 𐽽𐽰 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽷 𐽽𐽰 𐽻𐽶𐾀𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽾𐽶 𐽻𐽳𐽸𐽳𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽲 𐾇
      Enetkekče Türkče Sitadapatré sudurlarïg...
      Sitātapatrādhāraṇī in Sanskrit [specifically, 'Indian language'] and Turkish...
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Usage notes

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Used interchangably with 𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽽𐽰 (Uygurča).

References

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  1. ^ Kılıç Cengiz, A. (2020). TWO OLD UYGHUR SITĀTAPATRĀDHĀRAṆĪ FRAGMENTS FROM THE BERLIN TURFAN COLLECTION. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları (HÜTAD) (32), 71-84. https://doi.org/10.20427/turkiyat.621862
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “türkçä”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 258
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “Türkčä”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 775