𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻
Old Uyghur
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 褐子 (hat.tsiX), possibly via Sogdian 𐼘𐼄𐼈𐼊 (rɣzy /raɣzi/).
Noun
𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽻 (qʾrs /ḳars/)
- (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.
- lʾr cqry ʾnkyrʾr ywnk ʾnkyrʾr
- 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽽𐽲𐽾𐽶 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐽶𐽳𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾
Declension
| 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