𐽰𐾁𐽼

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐽼 (ʾʾlp /⁠alp⁠/)
𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽼 (ʾlʾp /⁠alap⁠/)
Orkhon script 𐰞𐰯 (l¹p /⁠alp⁠/)
Manichaean script
Sogdian script *𐼰𐼹𐼾 (*ʾlp /⁠*alp⁠/)[1]
Arabic script الب (ʾlb /⁠alp⁠/)
Syriac script
Brahmi script 𑀆𑀮𑁆𑀧𑁆 (ālp /⁠alp⁠/)
𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀧𑁆 (alp /⁠alp⁠/)
𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀧𑁃 (alpai /⁠alpa⁠/)[2][3][4]
Tibetan script
Han script
ʼPhags-pa script

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *alp (brave, brazen; warrior).

Adjective

𐽰𐾁𐽼 (ʾlp /alp/)

  1. difficult, hard, tough to overcome
    • c. 9th century, Śubhavyūharājapūrvayogaparivarta Mz225.17 (line 6, verso):[5][6]
      [] 𐽀𐼷𐼼𐼷 𐼾𐼴𐽀𐼲𐼰𐼻 𐼲𐽉𐼰 []
      [] 𐼸 𐼻𐼰𐽄𐼷𐼺 𐽂𐼰𐼾𐼷𐼻𐼰𐼹𐼷𐼺 []
      [] 𐼼𐼴𐼲𐼴𐽁𐼲𐼰𐽄𐼷 𐼰𐽀𐽂𐼰𐼷𐼻𐼸𐼴 𐼰𐽄 []
      [] rysy pwrqʾn q̈ʾ []
      [] knʾlym tʾpynʾlym []
      [] swqwcqʾly ʾrtʾynkw ʾl[p] []
      /[Täŋri täŋ]risi Burḥanḳa [yü]künälim, tapïnalïm, [] [üzä] soḳušġalï ärtiŋü al[p ärtür.]/
      We will make respectful offerings to and worship the god of gods, the King Buddha [] to meet with [the Buddha] is very difficult.
  2. brave, brazen, courageous
  3. dangerous, treacherous

Derived terms

  • 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾlpʾtmʾq /⁠alpatmaḳ⁠/, courage)
  • 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾlpyrqʾnmʾq /⁠alpïrḳan-⁠/, to strife, to put effort; to reject)
  • 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾlplʾnmʾq /⁠alplan-⁠/, to muster up courage)

Noun

𐽰𐾁𐽼 (ʾlp /alp/)

  1. (sociology) warrior, valiant person

Declension

Declension of 𐽰𐾁𐽼
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽰𐾁𐽼 (ʾlp) 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾlplʾr)
genitive 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾlpnynk) 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾlplʾrnynk)
dative 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽲𐽰 (ʾlpqʾ) 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (ʾlplʾrqʾ)
accusative 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽶𐽲 (ʾlpyq), 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽺𐽶 (ʾlpny) 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (ʾlplʾryq), 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾlplʾrny)
locative 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾀𐽰 (ʾlptʾ) 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (ʾlplʾrtʾ)
ablative 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾlptyn) 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (ʾlplʾrtyn)
instrumental 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽶𐽺 (ʾlpyn) 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾlplʾryn)
equative 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽽𐽰 (ʾlpcʾ)
directive 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾlpqʾrw), 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽾𐽰 (ʾlprʾ)
similative 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾlplʾyw)

Derived terms

  • 𐽰𐾁𐽼𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾀 (ʾlpʾqwt /⁠alpaġut⁠/, warrior)

Proper noun

𐽰𐾁𐽼 (ʾlp /Alp/)

  1. a unisex given name
    𐽰𐾁𐽼 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽻𐾁𐽰𐽺 (male)ʾlp ʾʾrslʾn /Alp Arslan/
    𐽰𐾁𐽼 𐽻𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽾 (male)ʾlp synkwr /Alp Sïŋḳur/
    𐽰𐾁𐽼 𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽰 (male)ʾlp qʾrʾ /Alp Ḳara/
    𐽰𐾁𐽼 𐾀𐽰𐽻 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽺 (male)ʾlp tʾs sʾnkwn /Alp Taš Saŋun/
    𐽰𐾁𐽼 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶𐽹 (female)ʾlp tnkrym /Alp Täŋrim/

References

  1. ^ Attested as 𐼰𐼹 (ʾl).
  2. ^ von Gabain, Annemarie (1954), Türkische Turfan Texte VIII: Texte im Brāhmīschrift (in German), pages 11, 32
  3. ^ Dieter, Maue (1996), Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 1) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 9) (in German), →ISBN, page 136
  4. ^ Dieter, Maue (2015), Alttürkische Handschriften: Dokumente in Brāhmī und Tibetischer Schrift (Teil 2) (Verzeichnis der orientalischen handschriften in Deutschland; 27) (in German), →ISBN, pages 198, 513
  5. ^ https://turfan.bbaw.de/dta/mainz/images/mainz0225_seite1.jpg
  6. ^ https://vatec2.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/vatecasp/Altt%C3%BCrkische_Text_in_sogdischer_Schrift.htm#218493

Further reading

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968), “alp, Alp”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 12
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “alp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 127-128
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    Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, pages 36-37
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021), “(1, 2) alp”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 33-35