𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾
Old Uyghur
| Uyghur script | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐽸𐽰𐽾 (dyndʾr /dendar/) 𐾀𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾 (tyntʾr /tentar, tantïr/)[1] |
|---|---|
| Orkhon script | 𐰓𐰃𐱃𐰺 (d²it¹r¹ /de[n]tar/) |
| Manichaean script | 𐫅𐫏𐫗𐫎𐫀𐫡 (dynṯʾr /ḍenṭar/) 𐫔𐫏𐫗𐫎𐫀𐫡 (δynṯʾr /denṭar/) |
| Sogdian script | 𐼹𐼷𐼻𐽂𐼰𐽀 (δyntʾr /dentar/) 𐼹𐼷𐼻𐼹𐼰𐽀 (δynδʾr /dendar/) |
| Syriac script | ܕܝܢܕܐ (dyndʾ /denda[r]/) ܕܝܢܕܐܪ (dyndʾr /dendar/) |
| Brahmi script | 𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀭𑁆𑀭 (ndarra /[de]ndar/)[2] |
| Han script | 電達 (dɛnHdat̚ /dentar/) |
Etymology
Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼹𐼷𐼻𐼹𐼰𐽀 (δynδʾr), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dyndʾr /dēndār/, “monk, religious man”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎡𐎴 (d-a-i-n /*daina/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰayHanā- (“religion”).
See also 𐽸𐽶𐽺 (dyn /den/, “religion, Manichaean religious commute”), the first part of the Iranian compound borrowed separately from Sogdian.
Cognate with Turkish dindar (“religious, pious person”).
Noun
𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾 (dyntʾr /dentar, dintar/)
- (religion, Buddhism, Manichaeism, Christianity) cleric, pastor, religioner
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺𐾀 (ʾrqʾnt /arḥant/), 𐽼𐽶𐽷𐽿𐽳 (pykšw /bikšu/), 𐽲𐽰𐽹 (qʾm /ḳam/), 𐽺𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽶 (nykrʾnty /nigrante/) (in Jainist contexts only), 𐽺𐽳𐽹𐽽𐽶 (nwmcy /nomčï/), 𐼼𐼴𐼲𐼱𐼰𐽀 (swgbʾr /suġbar/), 𐽿𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽺 (šʾmʾn /šaman/), 𐾀𐽰𐽿𐽹𐽰𐽺 (tʾšmʾn /tašman/), 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽽𐽶 (tnkrycy /täŋriči/), 𐾀𐽳𐽲 𐽼𐽰𐽿𐾁𐽶𐽲 (twq pʾšlyq /toḳ bašlïġ/), 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽶𐽺 (twyyn /toyïn/), 𐽶𐽰𐽸𐽽𐽶 (yʾdcy /yadčï/)
- (religion, Buddhism) monk, cleric, priest
- 𐽼𐽾𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽳𐾀 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾 ― prʾtyqʾpwt dyntʾr /Pratiḳabut dentar/ ― Pratyekabuddhayāna priest
- (religion, Manichaeism) pastor, electus, priest
- 𐫡𐫍𐫗𐫅 𐫔𐫏𐫗𐫎𐫀𐫡 ― rhnd δynṯʾr /Raḥand dentar/ ― Manichaean electus
- (religion, Christianity) priest, monk
- ܩܘܪܒܢܐܨܝ ܕܝܢܕܐܪ ― qwrbnʾcy dyndʾr /Ḳurbanačï dendar/ ― Eucharistical cleric
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾 (dyntʾr) | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾 (dyntʾrlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (dyntʾrnynk) | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (dyntʾrlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (dyntʾrqʾ) | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (dyntʾrlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (dyntʾryq), 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (dyntʾrny) | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (dyntʾrlʾryq), 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (dyntʾrlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (dyntʾrtʾ) | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (dyntʾrlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (dyntʾrtyn) | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (dyntʾrlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (dyntʾryn) | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (dyntʾrlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽽𐽰 (dyntʾrcʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (dyntʾrqʾrw), 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐽾𐽰 (dyntʾrrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽸𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (dyntʾrlʾyw) |
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “dındar, dıntar, dindar”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 67
- Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “DINTAR”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 160
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “dentar”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 246-247