𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽶𐽹 (ʾnkrydym)
Orkhon script
Manichaean script
Sogdian script
Arabic script
Syriac script
Brāhmī script
Tibetan script
Han script
ẖP'agsPa script

Etymology

Composed of 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (tnkry /⁠täŋri⁠/, god, heaven) +‎ -𐽸𐽰𐽹 (-dʾm /⁠-däm⁠/, adjectival suffix).

Adjective

𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹 (tnkrydʾm /täŋridäm/)

  1. (religion) heavenly, divine
    • c. 10th century, Šeŋko Šäli Tutuŋ (勝光闍梨都統), Biography of Hüentsu (Xuánzàng): 8th chapter page 53 (HtPar219.17) (side a, line 17):[1]
      𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹 𐽲𐽳 𐽰 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽷 𐾁𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽷 𐾈
      tnkrydʾm qw ʾ cʾcʾk lylyk
      / [] täŋridäm ḥua čäčäkligig./
      [] adorned with heavenly flowers.
    • c. 1431, Antsaŋ (安藏), Sitatapadre Sudur: Tārā-Ekaviṃśatistora[2] page 21 (?.21,[3] recto, stanza 19, line 1):
      𐽶𐽳𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽺 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐾁 𐽷𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽿𐽰𐾀𐽶 𐾈
      ywkwnwrmn tnkrydʾm kwyl kʾ ʾwq̈šʾty
      /Yükünür män täŋridäm kölkä oḳšatï./
      I bow down before the likeness of the divine lake.

Derived terms

  • 𐾀𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽴 (tynkrydʾm kwyz /⁠täŋridäm köz⁠/, divyacakṣus; wisdom eye, divine vision)
  • 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 𐽺𐽳𐽹 (tnkrydʾm ʾʾryq nwm /⁠Täŋridäm arïġ nom⁠/, Manichaeism, literally heavenly and pure doctrine)
  • 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹 𐽲𐽶𐽴 (tnkrydʾm qyz /⁠täŋridäm ḳïz⁠/, concubine, palace maiden, literally heavenly maiden)

Proper noun

𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽸𐽰𐽹 (tnkrydʾm /Täŋridäm/)

  1. a female given name

References

  1. ^ https://vatec2.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/vatecasp/Xuanzang-Biographie_VIII.htm#370095
  2. ^ Raschmann, Simone-Christiane; Wilkens, Jens (2019), Fragmenta Buddhica Uigurica: Ausgewählte Schriften von Peter Zieme (Studien zur Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur der Türkvölker; 7), →ISBN, page 484 [593]
  3. ^ Fragment not listed.

Further reading

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968), “tängridäm”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 233
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “teŋridem”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 524-525
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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 544
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021), “1t(ä)ŋridäm”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 698