# 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺
## Old Uyghur
### Alternative forms

* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽳𐽺 (kwywn /⁠küün, kuyun⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽶𐽺 (kwyyn /⁠kü(y)in⁠/)
* 𐰚𐰇𐰤 (kẅn² /⁠kün⁠/)
* 𐫞𐫇𐫏𐫗 (qwyn /⁠kün⁠/)
* 𐼸𐼴𐼷𐼻 (kwyn /⁠kün⁠/)
* ܟܘܝܢ (kwyn /⁠kün⁠/)
* 𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼‌𑀦𑁆 (kyu‌n /⁠kün⁠/), 𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀼𑀫𑁆 (kyum /⁠küṃ⁠/)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kün (“sun, day”).
The Proto-Turkic root is compared with Tocharian A koṃ and Tocharian B kauṃ by Jens Wilkens, but any loaning from or to is unlikely, since Tocharian forms have Indo-European cognates and etymologies.

#### Noun

𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 (kwyn /kün/)
* (astronomy) the Sun, the star at the center of the Solar System
    Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽸𐾀𐽶𐽰 (ʾʾdtyʾ /⁠aditya⁠/), 𐽲𐽳𐽶𐽰𐽿 (qwyʾš /⁠ḳuyaš⁠/), 𐰚𐰇𐰤𐰾 (kẅn²s² /⁠küneš⁠/), 𐫖𐫏𐫡 (myr /⁠mir⁠/), 𐽻𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽰 (swryʾ /⁠surya⁠/)
* (time) day, daytime, the span of a day, times when sun is visible during a day
    Synonym: 𐽾𐽳𐽽 (rwc /⁠ruč⁠/)
* (in compounds, rare) south
    Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽶𐽺 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽲 (ʾʾltyn yynkʾq /⁠altïn yïŋaḳ⁠/), 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (pyrdyn /⁠bérdin⁠/), 𐽼𐽶𐽾𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳𐽸𐽶𐽺 (pyrqʾrwdyn /⁠bïrġarudïn⁠/), 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ʾyrdyn /⁠irdin⁠/), 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽶𐽺 (kwyntyn /⁠küntin⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽾𐽳 (ʾwyrw /⁠örü⁠/)

##### Compound terms

* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐾀𐽳 (kwyn ʾwrtw /⁠kün orto⁠/, “noon”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐽰𐽳𐽾𐾀𐽳 𐽶𐽶𐽺𐽷𐽰𐽲 (kwyn ʾwrtw yynkʾq /⁠kün orto yïŋaḳ⁠/, “south”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐽻𐽰𐽶𐽳 (kwyn sʾyw /⁠kün sayu⁠/, “everyday”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽲𐽳 (kwyn pʾtqw /⁠kün batġu⁠/, “sunset”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽻𐽶𐽲 (kwyn pʾtsyq /⁠kün batsïḳ⁠/, “west”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐽼𐽰𐾀𐽻𐽶𐽲𐽲𐽰𐾀𐽷𐽶 (kwyn pʾtsyqqʾtky /⁠kün batsïḳḳategi⁠/, “until sunset”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽲𐽳 (kwyn twqqw /⁠kün tuġġu⁠/, “sunrise”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐾀𐽳𐽲𐽻𐽶𐽲 (kwyn twqsyq /⁠kün tuġsïḳ⁠/, “east”)
* 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (kwyn tnkry /⁠kün teŋri⁠/, “the Sun-god”)

##### Derived terms

* 𐽷𐽳𐽺𐽳𐽺 (kwnwn /⁠künün⁠/, “in daylight”)

##### Descendants

* Western Yugur: kun (/⁠kun⁠/, “sun, day”)
* ⇒ Western Yugur: kunengər (/⁠kun engïr⁠/, “next year”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 閫 (kʰuən$^X$, “women's quarters”).

#### Noun

𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 (kwyn /kün/)
* chamber of concubines, women's quarter
    Synonym: 𐽲𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽲𐾁𐽶𐽲 (qwryqlyq /⁠ḳorïġlïġ⁠/)

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 卷 (gjwonX, kjwenH, “reel of books, scroll, fascicle”).

#### Noun

𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽺 (kwyn /kün, küén, küin/)
* reel of books, compiled books
    Synonyms: 𐽽𐽳𐽲𐾀𐽻𐽰 (cwqtsʾ /⁠čuḳtse⁠/), 𐾀𐽰𐽷𐽴𐽶𐽺𐽽 (tʾkzync /⁠tegzinč⁠/)
* copy, written copy of a work
    Synonym: 𐽼𐽳𐽳 (pww /⁠buu, vuu⁠/)

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ "kauṃ", in Adams, D. Q. (2013). A dictionary of Tocharian B.: Revised and greatly enlarged. Rodopi. p. 225-226
* Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “kün”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 122
* Clauson, G. (1964). Early Turkish astronomical terms. Ural-Aaltaische Jahrbücher, 35(4), 350-368.
* Clauson, Gerard (1972) “1. kün (~ g-)”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 725
* Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “KÜN”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 326
* Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1, 2, 3, 5) kün”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 440-441