𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰤

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *in ~ *in-gen (“female camel”). Cognate with Old Kirghiz 𐰃𐰥𐰐𐰥 (in²gn² /⁠ingän⁠/, “female camel”) and Karakhanid اِنْكانْ (ïnğan).

Noun

𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰤 (in²gn² /ingän/)

  1. (rare) she-camel
    Synonym: 𐽸𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽾 (dytyr /⁠ditir⁠/)
    • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 05 (09.l03-04):[1]
      𐰇𐱁𐰇𐰭⸱𐰃𐰤
      𐰏𐰤𐰃      ⸱𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆
      𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾⸱𐰞𐱃𐰆
      üšüŋ⸱in²
      gn²i      ⸱b¹ut¹u
      l¹amis²⸱l¹t¹u
      /Ü[r]üŋ ingäni botolamïš. […] /
      Their white she-camel had just given birth to a colt.

References

  1. ^ https://idp.bl.uk/uv/?manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.idp.bl.uk%2Fiiif%2F3%2Fmanifest%2F0EB6E2F74517416E9C8C2A63B67BD21D#?c=&m=&cv=9&xywh=0%2C-170%2C1451%2C1446
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ingen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 184
  • Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, pages 18-19
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ing(ä)n (r)”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 307
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