ʾwykswz

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Old Uyghur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫgsiŕ, equivalent to ʾwyk (ög, “mother”) +‎ -swz (-süz, “-less”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰇𐰏𐰾𐰔 (ögsüz), Turkish öksüz, Bashkir үкһеҙ (ükheź), Tuvan өскүс (ösküs).

Adjective[edit]

ʾwykswz (ögsüz)

  1. motherless; orphan
    Synonym: xʾnksyz (qaŋsïz)
    • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, LXXVII.6
      ʾwykswz ʾwyky xʾnksyz qʾnky syz pwltwnkwz
      ögsüz ögi qaŋsïz qaŋï siz boltuŋuz
      You became a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless.

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) “ögsüz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 116
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