𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰 (ʾyʾyrʾ /⁠ayayra, ayra?⁠/)[1]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ayran (buttermilk, airan).

Attested only twice in the entire corpus, and both of the attestations come from the same manuscript.[2] Dictionaries do not list this term, thus it should be noted that this entry is highly unreliable for whether this term was in use throughout the entire Old Uyghur speaking area or just a dialectal or a localized word.

Noun

𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺 (ʾʾyrʾn /ayran/)

  1. (very rare) buttermilk, airan, ayran, doogh, etc.; a non-alcoholic, fermented milk-drink
    • c. 9th century, Yoḥnan (𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽺𐽰𐽺) & Yegän Sïŋḳur (𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽳𐽾), A manuscript about financial transactions 14.16-18:[3]
      𐽲𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽹 𐽽𐽳𐽾 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽰 𐽲𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽹 𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺
      𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽳𐽾 𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐾀𐽳 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽲𐾄𐽰
      𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽹
      qwlwm cwr ʾykyn ʾʾrʾ qwyqʾ sʾtym ykʾn
      synkqwr nwnk pyr ʾylʾtw twrqw ʾʾyrʾnq̈ʾ
      pyrdym
      / [] ḳulum Čor ekkin ara ḳoyḳa sattïm. Yegän Sïŋḳurnuŋ bir ilätü torḳu ayranḳa berdim./
      Between me and my servant Čor, I sold him a sheep. I gave a silk handkerchief to Yegän Sïŋḳur in exchange for [some] buttermilk.
    • c. 9th century, Yoḥnan (𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽺𐽰𐽺) & Yegän Sïŋḳur (𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽳𐽾), A manuscript about financial transactions 14.20-21:[4]
      𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽶𐾁 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽼 𐽲𐽳𐽶𐽲𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷𐾀𐽶
      𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐾀𐽳 𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐾀𐽶
      ʾyky qyzyl qʾrs ʾʾlyp qwyqʾ sʾnkty
      pyr pyr ʾylʾtw ʾyʾyrʾqʾ sʾty
      / [] ekki ḳïzïl ḳars alïp ḳoyḳa saŋtï, bir ilätü ayayraḳa sattï./
      [Yegän Sïŋḳur] bought two pieces of red woolen cloth and sold them in exchange for a sheep. He sold [me] a silk handkerchief for [some] buttermilk.

Declension

Declension of 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺 (ʾʾyrʾn) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾr)
genitive 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾyrʾnnynk) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾrnynk)
dative 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾnqʾ) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾyrʾnyq), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾyrʾnny) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾryq), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾrny)
locative 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾntʾ) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyrʾntyn) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyrʾnyn) 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾryn)
equative 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾncʾ)
directive 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾʾyrʾnqʾrw), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐽾𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾnrʾ)
similative 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾʾyrʾnlʾyw)

References

  1. ^ Uncertain. Probably a misspelling of *𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾ).
  2. ^ https://idp.bl.uk/collection/2E36895BC76343429EAA9BFF2A0DA33C/?return=%2Fcollection%2F%3Fterm%3DOr.%25208212%252F119%26site%255B%255D%3DDunhuang%2520Mogao
  3. ^ Hamilton, James Russell (1986) Manuscrits Ouïgours du IXᵉ-Xᵉ Siècle de Touen-Houang (Fondation Singer-Polignac) (in French), →ISBN, page 291
  4. ^ Hamilton, James Russell (1986) Manuscrits Ouïgours du IXᵉ-Xᵉ Siècle de Touen-Houang (Fondation Singer-Polignac) (in French), →ISBN, page 292
  • Hamilton, James Russell (1986) Manuscrits Ouïgours du IXᵉ-Xᵉ Siècle de Touen-Houang (Fondation Singer-Polignac) (in French), →ISBN, pages 78, 79, 212