𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏
Old Uyghur
| Uyghur script | 𐽹𐽰𐽺𐽶 (mʾny /Mani/) 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽶 (myny /Méni/)[1] |
|---|---|
| Syriac script | ܡܐܢܝ (mʾny /Mani/) |
Etymology
Borrowed from Sogdian 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 (mʾny), from Middle Persian 𐭌𐭀𐭍𐭉 (mʾny), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܡܐܢܝ (mʾny /Mānī/).
Found almost exclusively in Manichaean texts, and as a result, most surviving attestations are severely damaged and fragmentary.
Proper noun
𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 (mʾny /Mani/)
- (religion, Manichaeism) Mani, the founder of Manichaeism
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽶𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽸𐽳𐽲 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾdyncyq ʾydwq qʾnk /Adïnčïġ Ïdoḳ Kaŋ/), 𐫖𐫏𐫎𐫡𐫀𐫏 (myṯrʾy /Métri/), 𐫏𐫡𐫇𐫞 𐫏𐫀𐫓𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 𐫞𐫀𐫗𐫃 (yrwq yʾlʾbʾc qʾng /Yaruḳ Yalavač Ḳaŋ/)
- c. 9th-10th centuries, The great hymn to Mani U103b-c.2 (r02):[2]
- 𐫀𐫏𐫀𐫞 𐫓𐫐 𐫀𐫅𐫅 𐫓𐫄 𐫃𐫀𐫗𐫃𐫏𐫖 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 𐫂𐫇𐫡𐫍𐫀
- ʾyʾq lk ʾdd lɣ gʾngym mʾny βwrhʾ
- / […] ayaġlïġ aḍḍlïġ ġaŋïm, Mani burḥa[nïm!]/
- […] My venerable and glorious father, my prophet Mani!
- 𐫀𐫏𐫀𐫞 𐫓𐫐 𐫀𐫅𐫅 𐫓𐫄 𐫃𐫀𐫗𐫃𐫏𐫖 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 𐫂𐫇𐫡𐫍𐫀
Compound terms
- 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 𐫁𐫇𐫡𐫍𐫀𐫗 (mʾny bwrhʾn /Mani Burḥan/, “Prophet Mani”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Misspelling.
- ^ https://turfan.bbaw.de/dta/u/images/u0103bcrectodetail.jpg
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “Mani”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 128
- Bang Kaup, Johann Wilhelm, von Gabain, Annemarie (1930) Türkische Turfan Texte III: Der große Hymnus auf Mani (in German), page 5
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) mani”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 466