# 𐽰𐽳𐽲
## Old Uyghur
### Alternative forms

* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐾄 (ʾwq̈ /⁠oḳ⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽷 (ʾwk /⁠ök⁠/) (Etymology 1), 𐽰𐽳𐽳𐽲 (ʾwwq /⁠ooḳ⁠/) (Etymology 2, 3)
* 𐰆𐰞𐰸 (ul¹q̊¹ /⁠ol-oḳ, -uḳ⁠/) (Etymology 1, attached to 𐽰𐽳𐾁 (ʾwl /⁠ol⁠/, “he, she, it”))
* 𐼰𐼴𐼲𐽆 (ʾwq̣ /⁠oḳ⁠/) (Etymology 1)
* ܐܘܝܓ (ʾwyγ /⁠ög⁠/) (Etymology 1)
* 𑀑𑀳𑁆𑀓𑁆 (ohk /⁠oḳ⁠/), 𑀅𑀳𑁆𑀓𑁆 (ahk /⁠aḳ⁠/), 𑀑𑀬𑀓𑁆 (oyak /⁠öḳ⁠/)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ok (“emphatic particle”).

#### Postposition

𐽰𐽳𐽲 (ʾwq /oḳ, uḳ/)
* an emphatic particle, used with pronouns for emphasis and referral back to a previous subject
** c. 10th century, 1361, 1687, Šéŋko Šeli Tutuŋ (勝光闍梨都統), Altun Yaruḳ, Süü Ülüš: 17.17-20‎$^{[N/A]}$:[…] 𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽶𐽳 𐽼𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽲 𐾀𐽰 𐽰𐽰𐽺𐾂 𐽲𐽳 𐽰𐽰𐾀𐾁𐽲 𐽲𐽶𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽲𐽶 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽰𐾀𐾁𐽲 𐽼𐽰𐽷 𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽷𐽶𐽻𐽶 𐽻𐽶 𐽼𐽶𐽾 𐽶𐽶𐾁 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐽻𐽳𐽺 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐾁𐽰𐽼 […][…] ʾwl ʾwq ʾyncyw pʾlyq tʾ ʾʾṅ qw ʾʾtlq qyy tʾqy kwyncynk ʾʾtlq pʾk nynk kysy sy pyr yyl twyn y ʾwswn ʾyklʾp […]/[Yana anta kén,] ol oḳ Ïn-čïu balïḳta, Anḳo atlïġ ḳïydaḳï Künčiŋ atlïġ begniŋ kišisi bir yïl töni uzun iglep. […] /[Furthermore,] in that same exact city of Ïnčïu (温州), the wife of the prince Hüenčeŋ (縣丞), who was from the district of Anko (安固), got sick for a year. […]

##### Declension

Not declinable.

##### Descendants

* ⇒ Western Yugur: ohqdahrɢo (oʰqdaʰrɢo, “suddenly”)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”).

#### Noun

𐽰𐽳𐽲 (ʾwq /oḳ/)
* arrow
    Synonym: 𐽻𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺𐽷 (syrynk /⁠siriŋ⁠/)
    𐽰𐽰𐽲𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐾄𐽳𐽲 𐾀𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶ʾʾqwlwq ʾwq̈wq tʾrtdʾcy/Aġuluġ oḳuġ tartdačï/One who draws a poison-arrow, Śalyāhṛt (an epithet of the Buddha)
** undated, unknown, Doxology to Amoghapāśa, section 24.13‎:𐽼𐽰𐽸𐽳𐽹 𐽽𐽰𐽽𐽰𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽶𐽰 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽲 𐽽𐽰𐽷𐽰𐽾 𐾁𐽰𐽼𐽰𐽶pʾdwm cʾcʾk ʾwq yʾ ʾwrwq cʾkʾr lʾpʾy/Padum-čeček, oḳ ya, uruḳ, čaḳar, labay, […] /[With] the Padma flower, bows and arrows, nooses, wheels and conch shells […]
* hand (of a clock, more specifically, of a water clock or a sundial)
    𐽰𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 𐾀𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽺𐽸𐽰𐽽𐽶 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐾄ʾwnkʾrw tʾkzyndʾcy ʾwq̈/Oŋaru tegzindeči oḳ./Hour hand that moves clock-wise.

##### Compound terms

* 𐰖𐰽𐰃𐰲𐰸 (y¹s¹ičq̊¹ /⁠yasïč oḳ⁠/, “wide arrowhead”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽰𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾwq ʾtmʾq /⁠oḳ atmaḳ⁠/, “to shoot an arrow”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽶𐽰 (ʾwq yʾ /⁠oḳ ya⁠/, “bow and arrow”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽷𐽰𐽴𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾwq kʾzʾmʾk /⁠oḳ kezemek⁠/, “winding of an arrow between two pulled ends of a composite bow”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽻𐽰𐽼𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾwq sʾplʾmʾq /⁠oḳ saplamaḳ⁠/, “to fix the arrow on the bowstring”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽻𐽶𐽱𐽲𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾwq syβqʾmʾq /⁠oḳ sïvġamaḳ⁠/, “to miss a shot”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲 𐽼𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽷 (ʾwq pwrwnk /⁠oḳ buruŋ⁠/, “shooting of an arrow”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽲𐽰 𐽼𐽰𐽲𐾁𐽰𐾀𐽹𐽰𐽲 (ʾwqqʾ pʾqlʾtmʾq /⁠oḳḳa baġlatmaḳ⁠/, “to notify”, literally “to tie [news] to an arrow”)
* 𐽻𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺𐽷 𐽰𐽳𐽲 (syrynk ʾwq /⁠siriŋ oḳ⁠/, “whistling arrow”)

##### Derived terms

* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽰 (ʾwqwrʾ /⁠oḳura⁠/, “maggot”) (?)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽽𐽶 (ʾwqcy /⁠oḳčï⁠/, “archer”)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐾀𐽳 (ʾwqtw /⁠oḳtu⁠/, “bundle, sheaf”) (?)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐾁𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾwqlʾmʾk /⁠oḳlamak⁠/, “to hit a target with an arrow”)

##### Descendants

* Western Yugur: ohq (oʰq, “arrow”)

### Etymology 3

Derived from Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”) with the specific semantic shift of "opportunity" < "inheritance" < "arrow" (Perhaps evident of an old ceremonial passing of a torch from parents to offspring. See more at the Proto-Turkic entry).
Compare Karakhanid اُوقْ (oḳ, “a share of inherited property and goods”).

#### Noun

𐽰𐽳𐽲 (ʾwq /oḳ/)
* opportunity, chance
    Synonyms: 𐽽𐽳𐾁𐽰 (cwlʾ /⁠čola⁠/), 𐾀𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽺𐽽 (tʾkync /⁠teginč⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽿 (twš /⁠tuš⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽳𐽾 (ʾwqwr /⁠uġur⁠/), 𐽶𐽶𐽲 (yyq /⁠yïḳ⁠/), 𐽶𐽳𐽶𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽽𐽰 (ywynyncʾ /⁠yöninče⁠/)
    𐽰𐽳𐾁 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐾄 𐾀𐽶𐾁𐽰𐽸𐽶𐾈ʾwl ʾwq̈ tylʾdy/Ol oḳ tiledi./They sought an opportunity.

##### Derived terms

* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽶𐽲 (ʾwqyq /⁠oḳïġ⁠/, “invitation”) (?)
* 𐽰𐽳𐽲𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽲 (ʾwqytyq /⁠oḳïtïġ⁠/, “a call for help”) (?)

### Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūk (“tent rib”).

#### Noun

𐽰𐽳𐽲 (ʾwq /uġ/)
* (architecture, rare) tent rib, pole
* (rare) spoke

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “(1) ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
* ↑ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume 1, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 48
* Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “oḳ”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 140
* Kaya, C. (1994). Uygurca Altun Yaruk: Giriş, Metin ve Dizin. Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları: 607. p. 67
* Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “OQ (I, III, IV)”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, pages 368-369
* Zieme, P. (1985). Buddhistische Stabreimdichtungen der Uigeren. p. 133.
* Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1, 2, 3) ok”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 504-505
* Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ug”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 787