𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *egzig (melody). Cognate with Turkish ezgi.[1] Compare also Proto-Mongolic *egesig (melody) (cf. Mongolian эгшиг (egšig)),[1][2][3] a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷 (ʾkzyk /egzig/)

  1. (music) melody, tone, tune
    Synonym: 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 (kwyk /⁠kög⁠/)
    𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽻𐾅𐽳𐾀ʾkzykly tʾqs̤wt /egzigli taḳšut/ ― a rhyming song
  2. harmony

Declension

Declension of 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷 (ʾkzyk) 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾkzyklʾr)
genitive 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾkzyknynk) 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾkzyklʾrnynk)
dative 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽷𐽰 (ʾkzykkʾ) 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (ʾkzyklʾrkʾ)
accusative 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽷 (ʾkzykyk), 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽺𐽶 (ʾkzykny) 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽷 (ʾkzyklʾryk), 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾkzyklʾrny)
locative 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽸𐽰 (ʾkzykdʾ) 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰 (ʾkzyklʾrdʾ)
ablative 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ʾkzykdyn) 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ʾkzyklʾrdyn)
instrumental 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺 (ʾkzykyn) 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾkzyklʾryn)
equative 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽽𐽰 (ʾkzykcʾ)
directive 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾkzykkʾrw), 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽰 (ʾkzykrʾ)
similative 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾkzyklʾyw)

Compound terms

  • 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷 𐽲𐽶𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾkzyk qylmʾq /⁠egzig ḳïlmaḳ⁠/, to be in harmony)

Derived terms

  • 𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽶 (ʾkzykly /⁠egzigli⁠/, euphonic, rhyming)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ezgi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. ^ Lessing, Ferdinand (1960), Mongolian-English Dictionary[1], London: University of California Press, page 292
  3. ^ Sanžejev, G. D., Orlovskaja, M. N., Ševernina, Z. V. (2015) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ mongolʹskix jazykov: v 3 t. [Etymological dictionary of Mongolic languages: in 3 vols.] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 209
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “egzig”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 102