𐽰𐽰𐽽

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽰𐽾𐽽 (ʾrc /⁠[a]č⁠/)
𐽰𐽰𐾀 (ʾʾt /⁠a[č]⁠/)
Brahmi script 𑀆𑀙𑁆 (āch /⁠ač⁠/)?[1]

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āč (hungry, famished).

Adjective

𐽰𐽰𐽽 (ʾʾc //)

  1. hungry, famished
    Synonym: 𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 (twrwq /⁠toruḳ⁠/)
    Antonym: 𐾀𐽳𐽲 (twq /⁠toḳ⁠/)
    𐽰𐽰𐽽 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽾𐽻𐽳𐽲𐽶𐽺
    ʾʾc pʾqyrswqyn
    / baġïrsuḳïn/
    with an empty stomach
  2. rapacious, gluttonous, covetous
    Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽴𐾁𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾzlyq /⁠azlïġ⁠/), 𐽲𐽶𐽴𐽲𐽰𐽲 (qyzqʾq /⁠ḳïzġaḳ⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽻𐽳𐽿𐾁𐽳𐽷 (kwyswšlwk /⁠küsüšlüg⁠/), 𐽻𐽳𐽲𐾁𐽳𐽲 (swqlwq /⁠suḳluġ⁠/)
    Antonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽶 (ʾʾqy /⁠aḳï⁠/), 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽶𐽴 (tʾrsyz /⁠tarsïz⁠/), 𐾀𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽹𐾁𐽶𐽷 (tytymlyk /⁠titimlig⁠/)
    𐽰𐽰𐽽 𐽻𐽰𐽾𐽰𐽺 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁
    ʾʾc sʾrʾn kwynkwl
    / saran köŋül/
    rapacious and parsimonious soul

Derived terms

  • 𐽰𐽰𐽽 𐽲𐽶𐽴 (ʾʾc qyz /⁠ač ḳïz⁠/, famine, dearth, penury)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽽 𐽶𐽰𐽷 (ʾʾc yʾk /⁠ač yäk⁠/, the devil of hunger) (eqv. Sanskrit प्रेत (preta))
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾcwrmʾq /⁠ačur-⁠/, to leave hungry, to famish)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾcmʾq /⁠ač-⁠/, to be hungry, to be famished)
  • 𐽰𐽰𐽽𐽻𐽶𐽴 (ʾʾcsyz /⁠ačsïz⁠/, one who is not hungry; not greedy, unaspiring)

Descendants

  • Western Yugur: (hungry, famished; difficult)[2]

References

  1. ^ Dieter, Maue (1996) Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 1) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 9) (in German), →ISBN, page 187
  2. ^ Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992) “aʂ (II)”, in 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 16

Further reading

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “aç”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 1
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “(1) a:ç (a:c)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17
  • Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “ač (I)”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 3
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) ač”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 2-3