- Türk Dili Araştırmaları Yıllığı - Belleten
- Volume:66 Issue:1
- ON bIdgẄčIr IN THE 3RD LINE OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ŠINE-USU INSCRIPTION
ON bIdgẄčIr IN THE 3RD LINE OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ŠINE-USU INSCRIPTION
Authors : Yongsŏng LI
Pages : 177-188
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Publication Date : 2018-10-26
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract : The Šine-Usu Inscription is the most voluminous one with 50 lines among the Uyghur inscriptions. Like Tes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(750); and Tariat insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(752-753); inscriptions, the Šine-Usu Inscription also was erected in 759 in honor of Moyun Čor, the second qaghan of the Uyghur Qaghanate insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r. 747-759);. It is still on the spot in two pieces. Most parts of the Šine-Usu Inscription are now well understood. However, the south and west sides are heavily damaged and there are many illegible and/or incomprehensible words and sentences in these sides. One of them is the letter group ricwgdib bIdgẄčIr in the 3rd line on the south side. The sentences containing this letter group have been differently interpreted by the researchers. All of the readings hitherto are problematic. The author would like to regard the letter group ricwgdib bIdgẄčIr as a spelling error for ricwgidb bdIgẄčIr and suggests to read it as äbdigüči är ‘soldier who recruits/drafts soldier’ insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(< äbdi- ‘to gather, to pick up’ + -güči ‘participle suffix’);. There are at least three examples of spelling error related to the position of the letter i I in the inscriptions. The sentences in question can be now read as beš yegirmikä …… tayγan költä teriltim. äbdigüči är anta ïKeywords : Moyun Čor, spelling error, Šine Usu Inscription, Turkic runic script, Uyghurs