’’d’

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ada (“danger”). Cognate with Turkish ayartmak (“to seduce”). Compare also Mongolian ад (ad, “devil, evil”).

Noun

’’d’ (ada)

1. danger
   • 11th century CE, Story of Prince Kalyanamkara and Papamkara, XVI-XVII

     pyş twyrlwk ’’d’ p’r

     béš törlüg ada bar

     (Over there are) five kinds of danger.

References

• 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) “aḏa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 60