𐽻𐽺

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽻𐽰𐽺 (sʾn)
𐽻𐽰𐽺𐾂 (sʾṅ)
𐽻𐽶𐽺 (syn)
𐽻𐽶𐽾 (syr)
Orkhon script 𐰾𐰤 (s²n²)
Manichaean script
Sogdian script 𐼼𐼰𐼻 (sʾn)[1]
Arabic script سن (sn)
Syriac script ܣܢ (sn)[2]
Brāhmī script 𑀲𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀁 (syāṃ)
𑀲𑁆𑀬𑀁 (syaṃ)[3][4]
Tibetan script
Han script (xiān)[5]
ẖP'agsPa script

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sän (you, thee, 2nd person singular pronoun).

Pronoun

𐽻𐽺 (sn /sän/)

  1. (uncommon) you, thee; second person singular pronoun
    Coordinate terms: 𐽹𐽺 (mn /⁠män⁠/, 1st person singular pr.), 𐽰𐽳𐾁 (ʾwl /⁠ol⁠/, 3rd person singular pr.)
    • c. 9th century, Poġu är (𐰯𐰆𐰍𐰆𐰼), A Manichaean manuscript[6] Or.8212/1692.12-15 (lines 12-15):[7][8]
      𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰴𐰆𐰺:𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰃𐰤:𐰇𐰲𐰇
      𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰓𐰢:𐰴𐰢𐰍:𐰉𐰍
      𐰺𐰃𐰣:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰨
      𐰾𐰤:𐰼𐰃𐰾:𐰣𐰍𐰆𐰾𐰚
      []
      s²iŋqur¹:t²igin²:üčü
      n²:b²it²id²m:qmǧ:b¹ǧ
      r¹in¹:b²ir²l²a:ügr²nč
      s²n²:r²is²:n¹ǧus²k
      []
      /Sïŋḳur tegin üčün bitidim. Ḳamuġ baġrïn birlä yügirinčä sän arüšä[nü säk?]/
      I penned this in lieu of the prince Sïŋḳur. For when all [living beings] will crawl on their bellies, thou wilt reach for []
    • c. 10th century, anonymous, Pañcatantra[9] Mz657.15-16 (recto, lines 15-16):[10][11]
      𐽰𐽰𐽶 𐽶𐽰𐽱𐽶𐽴 𐾀𐽶𐽺𐾁𐽲 𐽺𐽰𐽷𐾁𐽳𐽷 𐽲𐾄𐽰𐽿𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽷
      𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽲𐾄𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐽴 𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽾 𐽶𐽳𐽵𐾄 𐽻𐽺 𐾈
      ʾʾy yʾβyz tynlq nʾklwk q̈ʾšynkyn twyk
      pwrq̈y ywz yn ʾwlwrwr ywẍ sn
      /Ay yavïz tïnlïġ! Näglük ḳašïŋïn tüg[üp], burḳï yüzin olorur oḳ sän?/
      Oh, the evil creature! Why do you furrow your brows and sit down with a morose face?

Descendants

  • Western Yugur: sen[12]

References

  1. ^ https://vatec2.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/vatecasp/Altt%C3%BCrkische_Text_in_sogdischer_Schrift.htm#219129
  2. ^ Zieme, Peter (2015), Altuigurische Texte der Kirche des Ostens aus Zentralasien (Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies; 41) (in German), →ISBN, page 238
  3. ^ Dieter, Maue (1996), Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 1) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 9) (in German), →ISBN, page 257
  4. ^ Dieter, Maue (2015), Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 2) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 27) (in German), →ISBN, page 607
  5. ^ Yunusoğlu, Mağfiret Kemal (2012), Uygurca-Çince İdikut Sözlüğü[1] (in Turkish), Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 170
  6. ^ https://bitig.kz/index.php?lang=e&mod=1&word=sn&tid=22&oid=277&m=0
  7. ^ https://bitig.kz/show_big.php?fn=sizes/9384.jpg
  8. ^ https://idp.bl.uk/uv/?manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.idp.bl.uk%2Fiiif%2F3%2Fmanifest%2F752D97E6CCFF49689A3C02D45BD0ABF7#?c=&m=&cv=&xywh=-174%2C-82%2C1520%2C1639
  9. ^ https://vatec2.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/vatecasp/Uigurische_Pa%C3%B1catantra-Fragmente.htm#211905
  10. ^ https://turfan.bbaw.de/dta/mainz/images/mainz0657_seite1_detail1.jpg
  11. ^ https://turfan.bbaw.de/dta/mainz/images/mainz0657_seite1.jpg
  12. ^ Léi, Xuǎnchūn (雷选春) (1992), “”, in 西部裕固汉词典 [Xībù Yùgù-Hàn cídiǎn], Chengdu: Sichuan Minority Publishing House, page 325

Further reading

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968), “sän”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 200
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “sen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 831
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    Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 495
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021), “sän ~s(ä)n”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 597