اجون

Chagatai

Alternative forms

اژون (ʾžwn /⁠ažun⁠/), اچون (ʾčwn /⁠ačun⁠/), آچون (ʾāčwn /⁠ačun⁠/), اوجون (ʾwjwn /⁠ojun⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Karakhanid اَژُنْ, from Old Uyghur 𐼰𐼰𐼵𐽆𐼴𐼻, from Sogdian 𐫀𐫋𐫇𐫗 (ʾjwn). Doublet of جهان (jhān).

Noun

اجون • (ʾjwn /ajun/) (plural اجون‌لار (/⁠ajunlar⁠/))

world
- c. 1450, Lutfi, edited by Karaağaç, Günay, دیوان لطفی [dīwān-ı lutfī, Diwan of Lutfi], 2020 edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, published 1997, →ISBN, page 77:
  حق اول کون کیم اجون‌نی یاراتیب‌تور
  جهان حسنین بارین سیزکا بیریب‌تور
  ḥq ʾwl kwn kym ʾjwn-ny yārātyb-twr
  jhān ḥsnyn bāryn syzkā byryb-twr
  /häq ol kün kim ajunnı yaratıptur
  jihān hüsnin barın sizgä beriptür/
  that day which the Lord had created the world
  he had given you all the beauties of the world
Synonyms: جهان (jhān /⁠jihān⁠/), دنیا (dnyā /⁠dünyā⁠/)

Descendants

Uzbek: ochun

Further reading

Bahawudun, Muhemmettursun; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Ehet, Ablimit (2002), چاغاتاي تىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Chagatai Language]‎^[1] (in Uyghur), Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 5
Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870), “اچون”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎^[2] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 7
el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881), “آچون”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 6
Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 6