ʾʾβwt

Old Uyghur

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ạbuč. Cognate with Western Yugur [script needed] (oš), Chuvash ывӑҫ (yvăś) and Turkish avuç.

Noun

ʾʾβwt

  1. handful
    • (Can we date this quote?), Berlin Text U 5335‎, BT13.15.07.08 (49-50):
      ʾʾβwt yn twrpʾq pwsy lyq ʾʾswky qʾn ʾrmʾz mw
      avutın turpak pušılıg Ašoke Kan ärmäzmü?
      Is not he the King Ashoka with the sparing of a handful of earth?
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