𐰾𐰃
eşi
Meaning:
lady; wife or consort of a lord
One explanation interprets the word as eş “companion” with a possessive ending, originally “his consort”. This remains a hypothesis. Kashgari explains işler “women” as a shortened form of işiler, originally referring to well-born ladies.
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Translations
German:
Dame; Gemahlin eines Herrn
Russian:
госпожа; супруга правителя или знатного лица
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
xanım; bəyin zövcəsi
Turkish (Türkiye):
hanım; beyin eşi
Bibliography 4
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Hendrik Boeschoten (2022) A dictionary of early middle Turkicp. 62b, s.v. eši (complete entry)p. 62b, s.v. eši (complete entry)
eši ‘mother-in-law’ (CCa) [?<iši ‘lady’ (CL, 256a)]; ešim ‘my mother-in-law’ (CCa soccera) -
Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğüp. 264a, s.v. ²eši (complete entry and subentry)p. 264a, s.v. ²eši (complete entry and subentry)
²eši Frau || hanım, eş (s./bk. Mo. eši) eši kunčuy bäg Frau₂ || hanım₂, eş₂ -
Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkishp. 256a–b, s.v. işi: (complete entry)p. 256a–b, s.v. işi: (complete entry)
VUPD işi: ‘lady’, the feminine counterpart of beg; the Sing, occurs only in Uyğ. and apparently only in association w’ith beg; işle:r, which is said by Kaş. to be an abbreviated Plur., survived rather longer. It may well be that the Sing. f. is é:ş with a Poss. Suff. ‘his consort’, and that the Plur. is merely an honorific Plur. of that word, but if so it is odd that Kaş. did not suggest this. See Doerfer II 645. Uyğ. viii ff. Bud. (various gods will protect) élig xanığ begig işig bodunuğ karağ ‘the realm, the monarch, the beg and his lady, and the common people (Hend.)’ Suv. 192, 8-9; o.o. do. 192, 19-20; 194, 7-8; TT VII 40, 51, and 75: Civ. (if anyone makes a claim, invoking the authority of) erklig beg işi elçi yalavaç ‘the responsible (district) governor, his lady and the envoys (of the central government?)’ USp. 13, 13; 16, 18; o.o. of beg işi TT I 109, 168; TT VII 19, 11; USp. 77, 15; 107, 14 etc.: Xak. xi işle:r al-mar’a ‘woman’, originally işi:le:r, that is al-sayyidat mina’I-nisd’ ‘well-born ladies’, the -i:- was elided because the word is used so much; there is a long story (qissa tawila) about the origin of this name Kaş. I 117; about a dozen o.o., all translated al-mar’a; exactly syn. w. ura:ğut, but the latter is five times as common: xiv Muh.(?) al-mar’a işler Rif. 138 (in margin, ebçi: in text), 151 (Mel. ebçı: in both places). -
M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachenp. 51b, s.v. kom. eši (complete entry)p. 51b, s.v. kom. eši (complete entry)
kom. eši ‘Schwiegermutter’, uig. (Gab.) iši ‘Frau, Gefährtin’ (> mo. KWb. 210 esi), mtü. iš-lär, iši-lär ‘Frau’
