𐽰𐽸
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Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *et (“meat”). Cognate with Chuvash ӳт (üt, “body”), Turkish et, Yakut эт (et).
Noun
[edit]𐽰𐽸 or 𐽰𐽸𐾂 or 𐽰𐾀 (ed or eṭ or et)
- meat, flesh (both of human and of game)
- Late 10th century, (Xuanzang Biography, Book 3[1], HTIII 0780 HtPek 28 a:
- 𐽼𐽳 𐽵𐾄𐽰𐽴 𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽰𐽾 *** 𐽼𐽳𐽸𐽶𐽻𐾀𐽱 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾈 𐽼𐽶𐽴 𐽺𐽰 *** 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐾈
- Bo kaz erser [odgurak?] bodisatv ol. Biz ne munuŋ etin yégülük!
- ...As for this goose, it is [certainly] a [reincarnation of a] Boddhisatva. What kind of people are we that we should eat its meat!
- 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Parchment 1 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)[2], AY.P1.00.10.r13-r14:
- 𐽰𐽸𐾃𐽶𐽹𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐾂𐽶𐽹𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐽰 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾***
- .. Eṭimin, yinimin yére yïrta tartarlar, yererler?...
- ...cutting and tearing my flesh and body in a splitting and ripping motion...
- 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Parchment 2 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)[3], AY.P2.05.r6-r7:
- 𐽰𐽰𐾀𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐾀𐽾𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽶𐽻 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽰 𐽰𐽸 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽴
- Atï kötrülmišler etözi yana ed kan ermez.
- The corporealities of those whose names are exalted are made neither of flesh nor of blood.
Derived terms
[edit]- 𐽰𐽸 𐽰𐽰𐽻𐾅𐾁𐽶𐽲 (et ašlïg, “carnivorous, a type of demon”)
- 𐽰𐽸𐽽𐽶 (etči, “butcher”)
- 𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴 (etöz, “body, corporeality”)
- 𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽴 (etyémez, “vegetarian”)
Descendants
[edit]- Western Yugur: iʰt (“meat, supper”)
References
[edit]- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ät”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 77
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ät”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 126