𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍

Old Uyghur

Etymology

By surface analysis, 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽲 (pwlmʾq /⁠b(o/u)l-⁠/, “?”) +‎ -𐽷 (-k /⁠-uḳ⁠/, deverbal suffix). What the verb root means is a matter of contention. Possibilities include either:

  • ...from 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽲 (pwlmʾq /⁠bolmaḳ⁠/, “to be, copular verb”), from Proto-Turkic *bōl- (“to be”) as argued by Clauson, Tekin, Nadelyayev, Tenišev and Ščerbak.
  • ... or from 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽲 (pwlmʾq /⁠bulmaḳ⁠/, “to find, to seek, to reach for”), from Proto-Turkic *bul- (“to find”) as argued by VATEC and Wilkens.

Attested only in Ïrḳ Bitig.

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍 (b¹ul¹uǧ /buluġ, boluġ/)

  1. (hapax legomenon) Exact meaning is unclear[1][2][3][4]
    • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 19 (19.l08-20.r02):[5][6]
      𐰀𐰴⸱𐱃⸱𐰴𐰺𐰽
      𐰽𐰃𐰣⸱𐰇𐰲⸱𐰉
      𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍𐱃𐰀      ⸱𐱃
      𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰯𐰣⸱𐰍
      aq⸱t¹⸱qr¹s¹
      s¹in¹⸱üč⸱b¹
      ul¹uǧt¹a      ⸱t¹
      l¹ul¹apn¹⸱ǧ
      /Aḳ at, karšïsïn üč buluġta[7] talulapan, […] /
      A white horse, having chosen its adversary in three (???), […]

References

  1. ^ "existence" according to Clauson (1972) and Tekin (2004).
  2. ^ "seeking" according to Wilkens (2021).
  3. ^ "quest" according to VATEC (1999-2003).
  4. ^ "life, rebirth or lifetime" according to Nadelyayev, Tenišev and Ščerbak (1969).
  5. ^ https://idp.bl.uk/uv/?manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.idp.bl.uk%2Fiiif%2F3%2Fmanifest%2F0EB6E2F74517416E9C8C2A63B67BD21D#?c=&m=&cv=19&xywh=-291%2C0%2C2048%2C1106
  6. ^ https://idp.bl.uk/uv/?manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.idp.bl.uk%2Fiiif%2F3%2Fmanifest%2F0EB6E2F74517416E9C8C2A63B67BD21D#?c=&m=&cv=20&xywh=-291%2C0%2C2048%2C1106
  7. ^ https://vatec2.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/vatecasp/Irk_Bitig.htm (Referenz: 19(l):08-20(r):02)
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “boluğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 336
  • Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “BOLUΓ”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 112
  • Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, page 13
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “bolug (r) †”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 187
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “bulug (r)”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 199
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