𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽲𐽳𐽲𐽳 (qwqw /⁠ḳuġu⁠/)[1][2]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kugu (“swan”). Cognate with Karakhanid قُغُو (quɣū, “swan”).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆 (quǧu /ḳuġu/)

  1. (ornithology, rare) swan

References

  1. ^ Although dictionaries list this word, it cannot be found in the supposed source material (Türkische Turfan Texte I, lines 16 and 225). Thus it should be noted that this term may not exist at all in Uyghur script.
  2. ^ Bang Kaup, Johann Wilhelm, von Gabain, Annemarie (1929) Türkische Turfan Texte I: Bruchstücke eines Wahrsagebuches (in German), pages 7, 16
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḳoġu”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 180
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuğu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 609
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “kugu”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 419
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