𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽶𐽳 (kwnkqʾyw /⁠küŋġayu⁠/)
𐽲𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳 (qwnkqʾw /⁠ḳuŋḳau⁠⁠/)
𐽷𐽳𐽹𐽷𐽰𐽳 (kwmkʾw /⁠kümkeyü⁠/)
𐽲𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽶𐽳 (qwnkqyw /⁠ḳuŋḥyu⁠/)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 箜篌 (khuwng huw).

Noun

𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳 (kwnkqʾw /küŋġau/)

  1. (music) a type of plucked string instrument similar to a lute, komuz, cobza
    Synonyms: 𐽲𐽳𐽼𐽳𐽴 (qwpwz /⁠ḳopuz⁠/), 𐽼𐽶𐽼𐽰 (pypʾ /⁠pipa⁠/)
    • c. '10th century', The Tale of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Pāpaṃkara page 69, lines 5-7 (left page):[1]
      𐽼𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽴𐾃 𐽹𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽰 𐽰𐽸𐽷𐽳 𐽻𐽰𐽲𐾄𐽶𐽺
      𐽽𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽴𐾃 𐽼𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽾𐽻𐽰𐽾 𐽹𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽰 𐽰𐽰𐽹𐾀𐽶
      𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽲𐾄𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽼 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷
      pwltwnkwẓ mʾnkʾ ʾdkw sʾq̈yn
      cynkʾẓ pʾr ʾrsʾr mʾnkʾ ʾʾmty
      pyr q̈wnkq̈ʾyw tylp kʾlwrwnk
      / [] boltuŋuz. Maŋa edgü saḳïn-
      -čïŋaz bar erser maŋa amtï
      bir ḳuŋḳayu tilep kelürüŋ.
      /
      [] If you want to do what is good for me, then ask for and bring me a lute now.

Declension

Declension of 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳 (kwnkqʾw) 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾 (kwnkqʾwlʾr)
genitive 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (kwnkqʾwnwnk) 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (kwnkqʾwlʾrnynk)
dative 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽰 (kwnkqʾwqʾ) 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (kwnkqʾwlʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽲 (kwnkqʾwq), 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽶 (kwnkqʾwny) 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (kwnkqʾwlʾryq), 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (kwnkqʾwlʾrny)
locative 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾀𐽰 (kwnkqʾwtʾ) 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (kwnkqʾwlʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾀𐽶𐽺 (kwnkqʾwtyn) 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (kwnkqʾwlʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽺 (kwnkqʾwn) 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (kwnkqʾwlʾryn)
equative 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽽𐽰 (kwnkqʾwcʾ)
directive 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (kwnkqʾwqʾrw), 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽰 (kwnkqʾwrʾ)
similative 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (kwnkqʾwlʾyw)

Derived terms

  • 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽲𐽰𐽳𐽽𐽶 (kwnkqʾwcy /⁠küŋġaučï⁠/, lute player)

References

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ḳungḳau”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 186
  • Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 61
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “kuŋhau”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 424