𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰
Old Uyghur
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (“palm”). Cognate with Turkish aya.
Noun
𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰 (ʾʾyʾ /aya/)
- (anatomy) palm, inside part of one's hand
- Synonym: 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽳𐾀 (ʾʾdwt /adut/)
- c. 10th century, The tale of prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Pāpaṃkara page 6, lines 7-8 (right page):[1]
- 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽶 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽱𐽰𐽾 𐽹𐽺 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽲𐽶
𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽳 𐽶 𐽹𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽳𐽲 𐾀𐽰𐽷 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴𐾂𐽸𐽰𐽷𐽶- syny ʾyncʾ sʾβʾr mn ʾʾyʾdʾqy
yyncw y mwncwq tʾk kwyżdʾky - /Séni inče séver men, ayadaḳï
yénčü 2 mončuḳ teg közdeki […] / - I love you like so,
like these two pearl beads in [my] palm […]
- syny ʾyncʾ sʾβʾr mn ʾʾyʾdʾqy
- 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽶 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽱𐽰𐽾 𐽹𐽺 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽸𐽰𐽲𐽶
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰 (ʾʾyʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾyʾlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾyʾnynk) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾyʾlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽰 (ʾʾyʾqʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (ʾʾyʾlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾyʾq), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾyʾny) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾyʾlʾryq), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾyʾlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾyʾtʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾyʾlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyʾtyn) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyʾlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽺 (ʾʾyʾn) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyʾlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽽𐽰 (ʾʾyʾcʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾʾyʾqʾrw), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽾𐽰 (ʾʾyʾrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾʾyʾlʾyw) |
Descendants
- Western Yugur: haja (haya)
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “aya”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 26
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 267
- 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, page 29
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)aya”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 85