𐱃𐰣

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐾀𐽰𐽺 (tʾn /⁠tan⁠/)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐽂𐼻 (tn /⁠tan⁠/), from Middle Persian tn' (tan, body).

Noun

𐱃𐰣 (t¹n¹ /tan/)

  1. (anatomy) body, limbs
    Synonyms: 𐽰𐾀𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴 (ʾtʾwyz /⁠etöz⁠/), 𐽼𐽳𐽸 (pwd /⁠bod⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽱𐽸𐽳𐽺𐽷 (kwyβdwnk /⁠kövdöŋ⁠/), 𐽻𐽶𐽺 (syn /⁠sïn⁠/)
    • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 3 (07:l03):[1]
      𐱃𐰣𐰢⸱𐱅𐰇𐰾𐰃⸱
      t¹n¹m⸱t²üs²i⸱
      /Tanïm tüsi [] /
      The feathers of my body []

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 510
  • Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “TAN”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 531
  • Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, pages 8-9
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(3) tan”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 669