𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺
Old Uyghur
| Uyghur script | 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺 (q̈ʾtwn /ḳatun/) 𐽷𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺 (kʾtwn /katun/)[1] |
|---|---|
| Orkhon script | 𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣 (qt¹un¹ /ḳatun, ḥatun/) |
| Sogdian script | 𐼲𐽆𐼰𐽂𐼰𐼴𐼻 (q̣ʾtʾwn /ḥatun, ḳatun/) |
| Han script | 哈吞 (ngop.thon /ḥatun, ḳaton/) |
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *xātun (“lady”), which is borrowed from Sogdian 𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻 (xwtʾwn /xutēn/, “queen”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *hwatā́wniH (“queen, lady”).
Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣 (qt¹un¹ /qatun/) and Karakhanid قاتُونْ (qātūn).
Noun
𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺 (qʾtwn /ḥatun/)
- woman, adult female human
- (sociology) miss, lady, mistress, dame
- (politics) queen, empress, queen consort, wife of an emperor
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽰 (ʾyyʾ /iyä/), 𐽲𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽳𐽶 (qwncwy /ḳunčuy/)
- (religion) female deity
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷 (ʾwyk /ög/), 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽹 (tnkrym /täŋrim/), 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽹 (tʾrym /tärim/), 𐽳𐽲𐽿𐽶𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽽 (wqšyqʾnc /uḥšiḳanč/)
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺 (qʾtwn) | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾 (qʾtwnlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (qʾtwnnwnk) | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (qʾtwnlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽲𐽰 (qʾtwnqʾ) | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (qʾtwnlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽲 (qʾtwnwq), 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽺𐽶 (qʾtwnny) | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (qʾtwnlʾryq), 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (qʾtwnlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾀𐽰 (qʾtwntʾ) | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (qʾtwnlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾtwntyn) | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (qʾtwnlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽺 (qʾtwnwn) | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (qʾtwnlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽰 (qʾtwncʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (qʾtwnqʾrw), 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽾𐽰 (qʾtwnrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (qʾtwnlʾyw) |
Compound terms
- 𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽳𐽺 𐽷𐽶𐽿𐽶 (qʾtwn kyšy /ḥatun kiši/, “woman, girl”)
Descendants
- Western Yugur: ɢadən (gadïn, “queen, wife of an important person”)
References
- ^ A regional variant.
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḳatun”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 171
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) hatun”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 279