ʾʾyʾ

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Old Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āya (“palm”). Cognate with Turkish aya.

Noun[edit]

ʾʾyʾ (aya)

  1. (anatomy) palm
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, VI.8
      ʾʾmrʾx ʾwykwkwm syny ʾyncʾ sʾvʾr mn ʾʾyʾdʾxy yyncw ii mwncwx tʾk
      amraq ögüküm séni ïnča sever men ayadaqï yinčü II mončuq teg
      My dear child, I love you like this; like two pearly beads in my palm.

Descendants[edit]

  • Western Yugur: haya

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) “aya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 267
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