𐽰𐽰𐽶
Old Uyghur
| Orkhon script | 𐰖 (y¹ /ay/) |
|---|---|
| Manichaean script | 𐫀𐫀𐫏 (ʾʾy /ay/) |
| Syriac script | ܐܝ (ʾy /ay/) |
| Brahmi script | 𑀐 (ai /ay/) 𑀆𑀬𑁆 (āy /āy/) |
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āy (“the Moon, month”). Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰖 (y¹ /ay/).
Noun
𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾʾy /ay/)
- (astronomy) the Moon, sole natural satellite of the Earth
- Synonyms: 𐽹𐽰𐽲 (mʾq /maḥ/), 𐽻𐽳𐽹𐽰 (swmʾ /soma/)
- 𑀧𑀽𑀮𑀻𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀉𑀬𑀼𑀁𑀫𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀐𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀀𑀭𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀕𑁆
- pūlīttiṃ uyuṃmiś ai tyam̐rityag
- /Pūlīttiṃ üṃmiš ay teṅri-teg./
- Like the moon rising from beneath the clouds.
- (time) month, a complete revolution of the Moon spanning either twenty-nine or thirty days
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾʾy) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾʾylʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾynynk) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾʾylʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽲𐽰 (ʾʾyqʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (ʾʾylʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾyyq), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾyny) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾylʾryq), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾylʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾytʾ) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (ʾʾylʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾytyn) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾylʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾyyn) | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾʾylʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽽𐽰 (ʾʾycʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾʾyqʾrw), 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽰 (ʾʾyrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾʾylʾyw) |
Compound terms
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽻𐽶 (ʾʾy yʾnkysy /ay yaŋïsï/, “a new moon, new month”)
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽻𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾʾy sʾyw /ay sayu/, “every month”)
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽺𐽶 (ʾʾy twlwny /ay tolunï/, “full moon”)
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (ʾʾy tnkry /Ay Teŋri/, “the Moon God”)
- 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽹𐽶𐽿 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾʾlqʾtmyš ʾʾy /alḳatmïš ay/, “holy month”)
- 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾʾltync ʾʾy /altïnč ay/, “sixth month”)
- 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽳𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾwycwnc ʾʾy /üčünč ay/, “third month”)
- 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾwyrlʾr ʾʾy /örler ay/, “waxing moon”)
- 𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾwnwnc ʾʾy /onunč ay/, “tenth month”)
- 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾyky ykrmync ʾʾy /éki yégirminč ay/, “twelfth month”)
- 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾykynty ʾʾy /ékinti ay/, “second month”)
- 𐽶𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (yytync ʾʾy /yétinč ay/, “seventh month”)
- 𐽶𐽶𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽾𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (yyltyrʾr ʾʾy /yéltirer ay/, “month of gale”)
- 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽸𐽷𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (kwyz ʾwydky ʾʾy /küz üdki ay/, “autumn moon, month of harvesting”)
- 𐽻𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽴𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (sʾkyzync ʾʾy /sekizinč ay/, “eighth month”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽶𐽷𐽾𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (pyr ykrmync ʾʾy /bir yégirminč ay/, “eleventh month”)
- 𐽼𐽶𐽿𐽶𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (pyšync ʾʾy /béšinč ay/, “fifth month”)
- 𐽽𐽲𐽿𐽰𐽼𐾀 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (cqšʾpt ʾʾy /Čaḥšaput ay/, “last month, month of religious commandment”)
- 𐽾𐽰𐽹 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (rʾm ʾʾy /ram ay/, “first month, month of Ram”)
- 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽳𐽴𐽳𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (twqwzwnc ʾʾy /toḳuzunč ay/, “ninth month”)
- 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽾𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽽 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (twyrtwnc ʾʾy /törtünč ay/, “fourth month”)
- 𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽳𐽾 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (twncwr ʾʾy /tunčor ay/, “month of Ttuṃjāra”)
- 𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽽𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽶 (twncy ʾʾy /tunči ay/, “month of equinox”)
Derived terms
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰 (ʾʾyynkʾ /ayïŋa/, “every month”)
Descendants
- Western Yugur: aj (ay)
Proper noun
𐽰𐽰𐽶 (ʾʾy /Ay/)
- a unisex given name
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽰𐽰𐽶𐽰𐽴 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽰𐾁 (male) ― ʾʾy ʾʾyʾz ʾynʾl /Ay Ayaz Ïnal/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽽𐽳𐽲𐾄 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽹 (female) ― ʾʾy pʾlʾcwq̈ tnkrym /Ay Balačuḳ Teŋrim/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽼𐽰𐽷 (male) ― ʾʾy pʾk /Ay Beg/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽷 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽹 (female) ― ʾʾy cʾcʾk tnkrym /Ay Čeček Teŋrim/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽷𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽳𐽶 (female) ― ʾʾy kyncwy /Ay Kinčuy/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽼𐽳𐽺𐽶𐽰𐽼𐽰𐾁𐽶 (male) ― ʾʾy pwnyʾpʾly /Ay Punyabali/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽻𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽵 (female) ― ʾʾy sylyx /Ay Sïlïġ/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽰 (male) ― ʾʾy twnkʾ /Ay Toŋa/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽷 (male) ― ʾʾy twylʾk /Ay Tölek/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽹𐽶𐽿 (male) ― ʾʾy twqmyš /Ay Tuġmïš/
- 𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽹𐽶𐽿 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽺 (male) ― ʾʾy twqmyš sʾnkwn /Ay Tuġmïš Saŋun/
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ay”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 26
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) ay ~ (a)y, (2) ay”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 84