𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰
Old Uyghur
FWOTD – 27 June 2024
| Uyghur script | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳 (lynqw /lénḥu/) |
|---|---|
| Brahmi script | 𑀮𑁂𑀁𑀳𑁆𑀯𑀸 (leṃhvā /léṃḥuā, lénḥuā/) |
| Han script | 廉化 (ljem.xwaeH /lémḥa, lénḥa/) |
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 蓮花 (len xwae).
Noun
𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (lynqwʾ /lénḥua/)
- (botany) lotus, water lily (Nelumbo nucifera)
- Synonyms: 𐽷𐽹𐽳𐾀 (kmwt /kumut/), 𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽲𐽰𐽺 (lʾnqʾn /lanġan/), 𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽹𐽰 (pʾdmʾ /padma/), 𐽼𐽸𐽳𐽹 (pdwm /padum/)
- c. 10th century, The Tale of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Pāpaṃkara page 38, lines 3-5 (right page):[1]
- 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽵
𐽶𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽺 𐽼𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽳 𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽶 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽲𐾄𐾀𐽶𐽺
𐽰𐽰𐽺𐽽𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽳𐽺𐽾 𐾈- lynqwʾ sʾyw pyrʾr ʾʾqwlwx
yylʾn pʾr ʾʾqw tyny ʾyrʾq̈tyn
ʾʾncwlʾyw kwyzwnr - /[Ol] lénḥua sayu birer aġuluġ
yïlan bar, aġu tïnï ïraḳtïn
ančulayu közünür […] / - In each of [those] lotus flowers, there is a poisonous snake hiding inside, and they appear from a distance like so […]
- lynqwʾ sʾyw pyrʾr ʾʾqwlwx
- 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 𐽻𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽵
- c. 11th century, Abbidharma U6900.B.2 (r06):[2]
- 𑀧𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀤𑀮𑁂𑀁𑀳𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸𑀭𑁆
- pudi puda leṃhvālār
- /[U]pudi léṃḥuālār […] /
- The Utpala-lotus (Nymphaea nouchali)
- 𑀧𑀼𑀤𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀤𑀮𑁂𑀁𑀳𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀸𑀭𑁆
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (lynqwʾ) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾 (lynqwʾlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (lynqwʾnynk) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (lynqwʾlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽲𐽰 (lynqwʾqʾ) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (lynqwʾlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽲 (lynqwʾq), 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽺𐽶 (lynqwʾny) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (lynqwʾlʾryq), 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (lynqwʾlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾀𐽰 (lynqwʾtʾ) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (lynqwʾlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽺 (lynqwʾtyn) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (lynqwʾlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽺 (lynqwʾn) | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (lynqwʾlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽽𐽰 (lynqwʾcʾ) | |
| directive | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (lynqwʾqʾrw), 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐽾𐽰 (lynqwʾrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (lynqwʾlʾyw) |
Compound terms
- 𐽲𐽳𐽿 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (qwš lynqwʾ /ḳoš lénḥua/, “Bingdi lotus”)
- 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽷 (lynqwʾ cʾcʾk /lénḥua čeček/, “lily flower”)
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “lınḫa”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 126
- Dieter, Maue (2015) Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 2) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 27) (in German), →ISBN, pages 174-175, 177-178
- Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 46
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “lenhwa”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 452
- Yunusoğlu, Mağfiret Kemal (2012) Uygurca-Çince İdikut Sözlüğü[1] (in Turkish), Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 72