𐽲𐽰𐽺

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽲𐽺 (qn /⁠ḥan⁠/)
𐽲𐽺𐽵 (qnx /⁠ḳ[an]⁠/)
Orkhon script 𐰴𐰣 (qn¹ /⁠ḳan, ḥan⁠/)
𐰴𐰣𐰣 (qn¹n¹ /⁠ḥan⁠/)
Manichaean script 𐫃𐫀𐫗 (gʾn /⁠ḥan⁠/)
𐫞𐫀𐫗 (qʾn /⁠ḳan⁠/)
𐫄𐫀𐫗 (ɣʾn /⁠ġan⁠/)
Sogdian script 𐼲𐼰𐼻 (qʾn /⁠ḥan⁠/)
Arabic script قن (qn /⁠ḳan⁠/)[1]
Syriac script ܚܐܢ (ḥʾn /⁠ḥan⁠/)
ܟܐܢ (kʾn /⁠ḳan, kan⁠/)
ܗܢ (hn /⁠han, ḥan⁠/)
Brahmi script 𑀔𑀸𑀁 (khāṃ /⁠ḳʰān⁠/)
𑀓𑀸𑀁 (kāṃ /⁠ḳān⁠/)
𑀓𑀸𑀜𑁆 (kāñ /⁠ḳāɲ⁠/)[2]
Han script (xanH /⁠ḳan, ḥan⁠/)
(hanH /⁠han, ḥan⁠/)
ʼPhags-pa script ꡢꡋ (qn /⁠ḳan⁠/)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kagan (male ruler, khan), see there for more.

Noun

𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qʾn /ḥan, ḳan/)

  1. (politics) Khan; king, ruler, emperor
    Synonym: 𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽷 (ʾylyk /⁠elig⁠/)
  2. (religion) honorific title for minor deities
Declension
Declension of 𐽲𐽰𐽺
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qʾn) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾 (qʾnlʾr)
genitive 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (qʾnnynk) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (qʾnlʾrnynk)
dative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰 (qʾnqʾ) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (qʾnlʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽲 (qʾnyq), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶 (qʾnny) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (qʾnlʾryq), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (qʾnlʾrny)
locative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽰 (qʾntʾ) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (qʾnlʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾntyn) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾnlʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺 (qʾnyn) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (qʾnlʾryn)
equative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽰 (qʾncʾ)
directive 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (qʾnqʾrw), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽾𐽰 (qʾnrʾ)
similative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (qʾnlʾyw)
Compound terms
Derived terms
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qʾqʾn /⁠ḳaġan⁠/, khagan, ruler) (?)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽹 (qʾnym /⁠ḥanïm⁠/, an honorific title for noblewomen)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽶𐽲 (qʾnlyq /⁠ḥanlïġ⁠/, pertaining to the empire, imperial-, regal-)
Descendants
  • ? Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠨ (qan)
  • Western Yugur: xan (/⁠qʰan⁠/, Khan, ruler) (historical)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kān (blood). Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰴𐰣 (qn¹ /⁠qan⁠/, blood) and Karakhanid قانْ (qān).

Noun

𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qʾn /ḳan/)

  1. (anatomy, zootomy) blood, one of the four bodily humors
Declension
Declension of 𐽲𐽰𐽺
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽲𐽰𐽺 (qʾn) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾 (qʾnlʾr)
genitive 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (qʾnnynk) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (qʾnlʾrnynk)
dative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰 (qʾnqʾ) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (qʾnlʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽲 (qʾnyq), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶 (qʾnny) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (qʾnlʾryq), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (qʾnlʾrny)
locative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽰 (qʾntʾ) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (qʾnlʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾntyn) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾnlʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺 (qʾnyn) 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (qʾnlʾryn)
equative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽰 (qʾncʾ)
directive 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (qʾnqʾrw), 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽾𐽰 (qʾnrʾ)
similative 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (qʾnlʾyw)
Compound terms
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐾀𐽷𐽰𐽷 (qʾn ʾwtkʾk /⁠ḳan ötgäj⁠/, dysentery)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽲𐽰𐽿𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽲 (qʾn qʾšʾnmʾq /⁠ḳan ḳašan-⁠/, to urinate blood)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽲𐽳𐽻𐽹𐽰𐽲 (qʾn qwsmʾq /⁠ḳan ḳus-⁠/, to vomit blood)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺 (qʾn yyryn /⁠ḳan yirin⁠/, a secretion of blood and pus)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽹𐽰𐽷 (qʾn swykmʾk /⁠ḳan sökmäk⁠/, dysentery)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽹𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽲𐽲𐽰 𐽰𐽹 (qʾn twmwrmʾqqʾ ʾm /⁠ḳan tomurmaḳḳa em⁠/, remedy for nose-bleeding)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺 𐾀𐽶𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽰𐽹 (qʾn tydkw ʾm /⁠ḳan tïdġu em⁠/, remedy to clot blood)
Derived terms
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽲 (qʾnʾq /⁠ḳanaġ⁠/, blood transfusion)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲 (qʾnʾmʾq /⁠ḳana-⁠/, to bleed)
  • 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽶 (qʾncy /⁠ḳančï⁠/, sanguisuge)
Descendants
  • Western Yugur: xan (/⁠χan⁠/, blood), qan (/⁠qʰan⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Attested as قندی (qndy /⁠Ḳandï.⁠/, It bled.), a rare reflex of 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲 (qʾnʾmʾq /⁠ḳana-⁠/)
  2. ^ Attested as 𑀓𑀸𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (kāñci, sanguisuge).
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḫan”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 81
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḳan”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 164
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) han ~ h(a)n”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 277
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) kan”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 327-328
  • Yunusoğlu, Mağfiret Kemal (2012) Uygurca-Çince İdikut Sözlüğü[1] (in Turkish), Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, pages 76, 83