𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Uncertain, likely not from 𐰆𐰑 (ud-, “to follow”), more at Uyghurs.

Proper noun

𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺 (Uyɣur)

  1. the Uyghur tribe
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E37
      𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺:𐰠𐱅𐰋𐰼:𐰘𐰇𐰔𐰲𐰀:𐰼𐰏:𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐱅𐰔𐰯:𐰉𐰺𐰑𐰃
      uyɣur:élteber:yüzče:erig:ilgerü:tezip:bardï
      The governor of the Uyghurs, together with about one hundred men, fled toward the east...

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “uyγur”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 391
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