𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾄 (twprʾq̈ /⁠tupraḳ, tupraġ⁠/)
𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽼𐽰𐽲 (twrpʾq /⁠turpaḳ⁠/)
𐽻𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲 (swprʾq /⁠supraḳ⁠/)[1]
Tibetan script ཏུབ་རྷག (tub.rhag /⁠tupraġ⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *toprak (soil, land).

Noun

𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲 (twprʾq /tupraḳ/)

  1. (geology) dirt, soil, earth, land
    Synonyms: 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽻𐽳𐽾 (kwyswr /⁠kösür⁠/), 𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽲 (qwrqʾq /⁠ḳurġaḳ⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽴 (twz /⁠toz⁠/), 𐾀𐽳 (tw /⁠tu⁠/)
    𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽰 𐽶𐽶𐽹𐽷𐽶𐽽𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾄 𐽶𐽶𐽾
    yʾpʾ yymkycy twprʾq̈ yyr
    /Yaba yimgiči tupraḳ yér./
    Scorching and shoaly soil.
  2. dust, dirt, soot
    Synonyms: 𐽽𐽳𐽾𐽺𐽶 (cwrny /⁠čurni⁠/), 𐽲𐽶𐽲 (qyq /⁠ḳïġ⁠/), 𐽷𐽶𐽾 (kyr /⁠kir⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽴 (twz /⁠toz⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽹 (yʾm /⁠yam⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽹𐽲𐽰 (yʾmqʾ /⁠yamḳa⁠/)
  3. (rare) the Earth
    Synonyms: 𐼰𐼰𐼵𐽆𐼴𐼻 (ʾʾẓwn /⁠ažun⁠/), 𐾀𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽶 (tʾlʾy /⁠talay⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽶𐽰 (twnyʾ /⁠tunya⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽼 (twyp /⁠tüp⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽿 (ʾwlwš /⁠uluš⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽴 (yʾqyz /⁠yaġïz⁠/), 𐽶𐽶𐽾 (yyr /⁠yér⁠/), 𐽶𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽳 (yyrtyncw /⁠yértinčü⁠/)

Declension

Declension of 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲
singular definite plural
nominative 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲 (twprʾq) 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾 (twprʾqlʾr)
genitive 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (twprʾqnynk) 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (twprʾqlʾrnynk)
dative 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽲𐽰 (twprʾqqʾ) 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (twprʾqlʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽲 (twprʾqyq), 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽺𐽶 (twprʾqny) 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (twprʾqlʾryq), 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (twprʾqlʾrny)
locative 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾀𐽰 (twprʾqtʾ) 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (twprʾqlʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾀𐽶𐽺 (twprʾqtyn) 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (twprʾqlʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽶𐽺 (twprʾqyn) 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (twprʾqlʾryn)
equative 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽽𐽰 (twprʾqcʾ)
directive 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (twprʾqqʾrw), 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐽾𐽰 (twprʾqrʾ)
similative 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (twprʾqlʾyw)

Compound terms

  • 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽷 (twprʾq ʾwynklwk /⁠tupraḳ öŋlüg⁠/, khaki-colored)
  • 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (twprʾq ywltwz /⁠tupraḳ yultuz⁠/, Saturn) (cf. Chinese 土星 (Tǔxīng))

Descendants

  • Western Yugur: durvaq

References

  1. ^ Misspelling.
  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “tuprak”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 253
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “tuprak”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 757-758