𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷
Old Uyghur
| Uyghur script | 𐽷𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (klmʾk /kelmek/) |
|---|---|
| Brahmi script | 𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀮𑁆 (kyāl /kēl-/) 𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀮𑁆 (kyal /kel-/) |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kẹl- (“to come”). Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰚𐰠 (kl² /kel-/) and Karakhanid کَلْماكْ (kelmēk).
Verb
𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽷 (kʾlmʾk /kelmek/)
- (intransitive) to come
- 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽳𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐾈
- ʾwyzwkswz kʾltylʾr
- /Üzüksüz keltiler./
- They came without respite.
- (intransitive) to reach a destination
- 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐾀𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐾀𐽰𐽱𐽲𐽰𐽽 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 𐽲𐽰 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶 𐾈
- q̈wtlwq tʾβqʾc ʾwlwš qʾ kʾlty
- /Ḳutluġ Tavġač Ulušḳa kelti./
- They reached the Tavġač realm, that is favored by heavens.
Derived terms
- 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐽾𐽳 (kʾly pʾrw /keli baru/, “voyage, to come and go”)
- 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽺 (kʾlyn /kelin/, “bride, maid”)
- 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽷𐽶𐽺 (kʾlkyn /kelgin/, “flood, inundation”)
- 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽷 (kʾlmʾdwk /kelmedök/, “future”)
Descendants
- Western Yugur: gel- (kel), gol- (kol), kil- (kʰil)
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “kälmäk”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 104
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) käl- ~ k(ä)l-”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 354