𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺
Old Uyghur
| Uyghur script | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽺 (cyntn /činten/) 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐽸𐽰𐽺 (cyndʾn /čindan/) 𐽽𐽰𐽺𐽸𐽰𐽺𐽰 (cʾndʾnʾ /čandana/) 𐽽𐽰𐽺𐽸𐽰𐽾𐽳 (cʾndʾrw /čandaru/) |
|---|---|
| Orkhon script | 𐰲𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰣 (čin¹t¹n¹ /činten/) |
| Sogdian script | 𐼿𐼻𐽂𐼻 (cntn /čïntan/) |
| Brahmi script | 𑀙𑀁𑀤𑀦𑁆 (chaṃdan /čandan/) |
| Han script | 真談 (tsyin.dam /čïntan, čïntam/) |
Etymology
Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼿𐼻𐽂𐼻 (cntn /čantan/), from Middle Chinese 栴檀 (tsyen dan), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).
Noun
𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺 (cyntʾn /čintan/)
- (botany) sandalwood (Santalum album)
- Synonym: 𐽲𐽳𐽻𐽰𐽾 (qwsʾr /ġosar/)
- (medicine, pharmacology) the aromatic pith and essence procured from such trees, sandalwood oil, sandalwood paste
- Synonym: 𐾀𐽰𐽺 (tʾn /tan/)
- 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺 𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐾁𐽶𐽺 𐽲𐽳𐽰 𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐽶𐽳𐽳𐾁 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺
- cyntʾn lyq lyn qwʾ lyq ywwl ʾwykʾn
- /Čintanlïġ lénḥualïġ yuul ögen/
- Small rivers with the scent of sandalwood and lotuses
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺 (cyntʾn) | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾 (cyntʾnlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (cyntʾnnynk) | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (cyntʾnlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰 (cyntʾnqʾ) | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (cyntʾnlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽲 (cyntʾnyq), 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽺𐽶 (cyntʾnny) | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (cyntʾnlʾryq), 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (cyntʾnlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽰 (cyntʾntʾ) | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (cyntʾnlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽺 (cyntʾntyn) | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (cyntʾnlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺 (cyntʾnyn) | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (cyntʾnlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽰 (cyntʾncʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (cyntʾnqʾrw), 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐽾𐽰 (cyntʾnrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (cyntʾnlʾyw) |
Compound terms
Derived terms
- 𐽽𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽰𐽺𐾁𐽶𐽲 (cyntʾnlyq /čintanlïḳ/, “sandalwood grove”)
Descendants
- → Karakhanid: جِنْدانْ (čïndān, “sandalwood, reddish-bay colored (of horses)”)
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “çintan”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 63
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çıntan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 425
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “čintan ~ čint(a)n”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 233
- Yunusoğlu, Mağfiret Kemal (2012) Uygurca-Çince İdikut Sözlüğü[1] (in Turkish), Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 72