𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 褐子 (hat.tsiX), possibly via Sogdian 𐼘𐼄𐼈𐼊 (rɣzy /⁠raɣzi⁠/).

Noun

𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻 (qʾrs /ḳars/)

  1. (sewing) woolen fabric, cloth used for sewing sacks, a kind of rough fabric reminiscent of a felt
    Synonym: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰 (ʾwymʾ /⁠uyma⁠/)
    • c. 10th century, The tale of prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Pāpaṃkara page 2, lines 3-6 (right page):[1]
      𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽽𐽲𐽾𐽶 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾
      𐽷𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽾 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐾈 𐽼𐽳𐽴 𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽰𐾀𐽳 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽾𐽻
      𐾀𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽳𐽾 𐾀𐽰𐽲𐾄𐽶 𐽶𐽹𐽰 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐽾𐽳𐽲𐾄 𐽰𐽳𐽴𐾃𐾁𐽰𐽾
      𐽷𐽺𐾀𐽳 𐽷𐽺𐾀𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽴 𐽰𐽶𐽿𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽶𐽿𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳𐽾 𐾈
      lʾr cqry ʾnkyrʾr ywnk ʾnkyrʾr
      kyntyr ʾnkyrʾr pwz pʾtʾtw q̈ʾrs
      twq̈ywr tʾq̈y ymʾ ʾʾdrwq̈ ʾwẓlʾr
      kntw kntw ʾwz ʾyšyn ʾyšlʾywr
      / [] -lar čïġarï eŋirer, yuŋ eŋirer, kéntir eŋirer. Böz batatu ḳars toḳïyur, taḳï yéme adruḳ uzlar kentü kentü uz išin išleyür./
      [Many people] spin spinning wheels, wool and hemp. They beat the soft fabrics and weave harsh woolen fabrics [from those], and other craftsmen carry out their own crafts.

Declension

Declension of 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻 (qʾrs) 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾 (qʾrslʾr)
genitive 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (qʾrsnynk) 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (qʾrslʾrnynk)
dative 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽲𐽰 (qʾrsqʾ) 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (qʾrslʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽶𐽲 (qʾrsyq), 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽺𐽶 (qʾrsny) 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (qʾrslʾryq), 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (qʾrslʾrny)
locative 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾀𐽰 (qʾrstʾ) 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (qʾrslʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾrstyn) 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾrslʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽶𐽺 (qʾrsyn) 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (qʾrslʾryn)
equative 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽽𐽰 (qʾrscʾ)
directive 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (qʾrsqʾrw), 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽾𐽰 (qʾrsrʾ)
similative 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (qʾrslʾyw)

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “(1) kars”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 663
  • Hamilton, James Russell (1998) Budacı İyi ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası: Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara (Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları Dizisi; 11) (in Turkish), →ISBN
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “kars”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 339