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An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
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kentĂŒ:
Reflexive Pron. âselfâ, as an Adj. âownâ, see v. G. ATG, para. 201; spelt with -nt- in TĂŒrkĂŒ, -nd- in Xak.; the UyÄ. form is uncertain and perhaps varied, but TT VIII has -nd-. Often used in Hend. w. 1 ö:z. Survives only(?) in SW Osm. kendi; except in NE, where 1 bo:d is used in this sense, âselfâ in all other languages is 1 ö:z. TĂŒrkĂŒ viii edgĂŒ: eliĆe: kentĂŒ: yapıltÄ±Ä âyou yourselves have offended against your good realmâ I E 23, II E 19; Tok(k)u:z OÄuz bodun kentĂŒ: bodunım erti: âthe Tokkuz OÄuz people were my own peopleâ I N 4 (in II E 29, the parallel text, meniĆ bodunım): viii ff. (all precious stones) ke:ntĂŒ: ke:ntĂŒ: (sic) erde:mi: belgĂŒ:si: bar âhave their own virtues and distinguishing characteristicsâ Toy. 12-14; a.o. IrkB Postscript (alku:): Man. kentĂŒ özĂŒmĂŒzni emgetĂŒrbiz âwe torture ourselvesâ Chuas. 299; a.o. M I 6, 5; kendĂŒnĂŒĆ (sic) köĆĂŒl sınından âfrom his own member of mindâ M III 16, 3-4 (i); o.o. do. 6-9: UyÄ. viii kentĂŒ: bodunım Ću. E 2: viii ff. Man.-A kentĂŒ â(he) himselfâ M I 8, 11; a.o.o.; kentĂŒ kentĂŒ sĂŒsin âtheir own armiesâ do. 22, 5 (i); kentĂŒ sevigin âself-loveâ do. 34, 19; a.o. do. 8, 7 (u:d): Man. kentĂŒnĂŒĆ [gap] âownâ Wind. 27: Bud. Sanskrit svayam âhe himselfâ ke:ndĂŒ özi (sic) TT VIII A.18; kendĂŒ âhe himselfâ PP 10, 1; o.o. do. 2, 5-6; 20, 6-7 (ötle:-), etc.: Civ. öz kendĂŒleriĆizni tutĆu âkeep a firm hold on yourselvesâ TT I 40; kendĂŒ köĆĂŒlĂŒĆin âyour own mindâ ditto; men kendĂŒ özĂŒm âI myselfâ TT I 101, 3-4: Xak. xi kendĂŒ: al-ážÄt waâl-nafs âselfâ; one says ol kendĂŒ: aydı: âhe himself saidâ KaĆ. I 419; (the snake does not know) kendĂŒ: egri:si:n âiwac nafsihÄ âits own crookednessâ I 127, 8; a.o. III 29, 4 (uÄra:Ä): KB (if a bad soldier praises a good one, how can he lag behind?) edgĂŒ ögse kendĂŒ kaçan ken kalur âif he himself praises a good one, how can he lag behind?â 2400; (a manâs conduct shows his ancestry) isiz aslıĆa kendĂŒ kılkı tanuk âhis own character is evidence of his evil ancestryâ 5811; a.o. 670: xiii(?) At. kendĂŒ âmanâs (him)selfâ 55, 406, etc.; Tef. kendĂŒ âownâ; kendĂŒ öz/öz kendĂŒ â(my, him, etc.) selfâ 172: Xwar. xiii kendözĂŒm âI myselfâ âAli 54 (but öz özĂŒm is commoner): xiv kendĂŒ âselfâ Qutb 94 (öz seems commoner): Kom. xiv kendim âI myselfâ CCI; kensi âselfâ (common) CCG; Gr. 138 (quotns.): Kıp. xiv kendĂŒ: taâkÄ«d biâl-nafs âan emphatic word for selfâ; one says kendĂŒ: bardsı: or kendözi bardı: ážahaba áž„aqÄ«qata(n) nafsuhu âhe really went himselfâ; and one says özĂŒm (sic, ?read özi:) bilsĂŒn âknow for yourselfâ (sic); when you entrust a task to him you say this or, in the same meaning, kendĂŒ: özi: bilsĂŒn âlet him know for himselfâ Ä°d. 85; (I, thou, you, we) huwa âheâ kendözi; (âtheyâ bular) Bul. 16, 6: xv minhu âfrom himâ (andan/)kensiden; . . . âwith himâ (özi: bile:/anÄ±Ć bile:/)kensi: bile:; . . . âin himâ kensĂŒde: Kav. 45, 7-15; âthe third Personal Pron. is kensi/kendi/öziâ Tuh. 39b. 13; a.o.o.: Osm. xiv ff. kendĂŒ âself, ownâ; c.i.a.p.; kendĂŒ özi/kendözi (also kendözĂŒm, etc.) common fr. xiv to xvi TTS I 444-7; II 613-16; III 432-7; IV 494-500: xviii gendĂŒ (so spelt here only) in RĆ«mi, xwud wa xwÄ«Ćtan âselfâ San. 301r. 25 (quotn.).