𐽹𐽶𐽾
Old Uyghur
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 蜜 (mjit, “honey”), from Tocharian B mit, which is from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, mead”)[1][2]
Doublet of Proto-Turkic *bal.[2]
Noun
𐽹𐽶𐽾 (myr /mïr, mir/)
- honey
- Synonym: 𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽷 (mʾdwmʾntyk /madumantik/)
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽹𐽶𐽾 (myr) | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾 (myrlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (myrnynk) | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (myrlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰 (myrqʾ) | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (myrlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽲 (myryq), 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽺𐽶 (myrny) | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (myrlʾryq), 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (myrlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽰 (myrtʾ) | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (myrlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (myrtyn) | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (myrlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺 (myryn) | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (myrlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽽𐽰 (myrcʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (myrqʾrw), 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐽾𐽰 (myrrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽹𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (myrlʾyw) |
References
- ^ Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 59
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)[1], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 13
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “mır”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 130
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “mır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 771
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) mir”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 476