𐽰𐽱

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *eb (“house”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋 (eb), Chuvash авлан (avlan, “to marry”) and Turkish ev (“house”).

The sense constellation is a semantic loan from Middle Chinese 宿.

Noun

𐽰𐽱 (ev)

1. house, dwelling-place, palace, hut, farm

   Synonyms: 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽵𐾄 (bark), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽵 (ganah), 𐽶𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽵𐾄 (yaylïk)

   𐽰𐽱 𐽶𐽶𐽰𐽻𐽶

   ev iyesi

   householder, the head of the household

   𐽰𐽱 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾀𐽶

   ev kutï

   house spirit

   𐽰𐽳𐾀 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽱

   ot urguluk ev

   pharmaceutical storage room

   • (Can we date this quote?), Mahākaruṇika-nāma-ārya Avalokiteśvara Dhāraṇī-anuśaṃsa-sahita-sūtrāt-saṃgr̥hītā fragments; Buddhist Old Uyghur Texts from Turfan‎^[1], BT13.15.05.10 (25):

     𐽰𐽳𐾀𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽶 𐽰𐽱 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽵𐾄 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆

     Otlug oprï, ev bark ol.

     A fiery pit they are, [the] huts [over there].

   • (Can we date this quote?), Mahākaruṇika-nāma-ārya Avalokiteśvara Dhāraṇī-anuśaṃsa-sahita-sūtrāt-saṃgr̥hītā fragments; Buddhist Old Uyghur Texts from Turfan‎^[2], BT13.16.B.r01-2 (23-4):

     𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀 𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽹 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽳𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐾆

     Tört kapïglïg evim ol, törttin yïŋak ačok ol...

     My house, [it] is a house with four doors, [it] is open in four directions...

   • 1687, Altun Yaruk Manuscript, Book 4 (Golden Light Sutra in Old Uyghur)‎^[3], AY.B04.12.v03-4 (0493-4):

     𐽼 𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶*** ***𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽱𐽶 𐽼𐽰***

     ...Burhannï[ŋ] [***]nïŋ evi ba[***]

     ...Palace of [???] [and] [of great] Buddha...

2. tent, family

   Synonym: 𐽲𐽰 (ka)

   • c. 10th century, Maitrisimit Nom Bitig (Maitreyasamitināṭaka Manuscript in Old Uyghur)‎^[4], r06-7 (MaitrGeng 0421-22):

     𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽶 𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽰𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽰𐽰𐽴𐽳𐽺 𐽰𐽴𐾅𐽳𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽵𐾄 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽾 𐾈

     Kulankulé erser bir éki evlerde ažun tutmak bolur.

     If it is [thus] a Kulaṃkula^[5], it will take on the existence of one [or] two families.

3. goods, property
4. (poetic) material world

   𐽰𐽱𐽸𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷

   evdin ünmek

   to leave the house; to abandon material desires

5. (astronomy) constellation, mansion

   𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽱

   törtünč ev

   fourth mansion (in Brahmic and Sinitic cosmogony)

Derives terms

• 𐽰𐽱𐽽𐽶 (evči, “wife, partner, housewife”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: yu

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “äv”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 78
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “e:v”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 3
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1)äv”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 129