𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐱃𐰢𐰺 (t¹mr¹ /⁠tamïr⁠/)
Manichaean script 𐫎𐫀𐫖𐫡 (ṯʾmr /⁠tamïr⁠/)
Brahmi script 𑀢𑀫𑀭𑁆 (tamar /⁠tamïr, tamar⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tamïr (vein). Cognate with Karakhanid تَمُرْ (tamur).

Noun

𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 (tʾmyr /tamïr/)

  1. (anatomy) vein, artery
  2. (botany) nervation, trace, streak
  3. (physiology) pulse

Compound terms

  • 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 (kök öŋlüg tamïr, blue vein, cold blood)
  • 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽷𐽰𐽺 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽾 (ömgen tamïr, jugular vein)

References

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “tamar”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 222
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tamar/tamır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 508
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “tamır”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 668