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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰺

uyur

Meaning:
capable, powerful
Presumably aorist present tense of u- (can, to be able to) used as a noun; cf. uğan and uyar.
Related:
𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰠𐰏 [kǖçlüg]

Word family

Formed from 𐰆- [u-] “to be able to; can” using -(y)ur² (aorist). The suffix -(y)ur2 is one form of the positive aorist. It commonly presents an action or state as continuing, habitual, or generally valid.

In modern languages (0 / 22)

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Language Cognate
Turkmen No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Turkish (Türkiye) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Salar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Gagauz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Crimean No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Uyghur No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Uzbek No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kazakh No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Nogai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Siberian Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kyrgyz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Altai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Alan No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kumyk No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Bashkir No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tıva No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khakas No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khalaj No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Chuvash No cognate has been entered for this language yet.

Examples

Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens

1

Biography of Xuánzàng

6

Maitrisimit - A Buddhist Apocalypse

1

Translations

German:
fähig, tüchtig, mächtig
Russian:
способный, могущественный
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
qabiliyyətli, güclü
Turkish (Türkiye):
yetenekli, güçlü

Bibliography 3

  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    810
  • Международная Тюркская Академия (2016) Древнетюркский словарь
    644
  • Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish
    275