ایلدام

Chagatai

Alternative forms

  • جیلدام (jyldām /⁠jıldam⁠/), چیلدام (čyldām /⁠čıldam⁠/), ییلدام (yyldām /⁠yıldam⁠/), یلدام (yldām /⁠yıldam⁠/), یلدم (yldm /⁠yıldam⁠/)

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *yïl- (“to slide”). Cognate to Turkmen ýyldam, Kazakh жылдам (jyldam), Southern Altai ылтам (ïltam), Yakut сыыдам (sïïdam).

Possibly from the same root as [script needed] (jıldaq, “hasty”), Tatar елгыр (yılğır, “swift, nimble”), Tuvan чылғыр. Compare also Mongolian жалдам (žaldam, “skier”)/ᠵᠢᠯᠳᠠᠮ᠎ᠠ (ǰildam-a)[1] a Turkic borrowing.

Adjective

ایلدام • (ʾyldām /ıldam/) (comparative ایلدام‌راق (/⁠ıldamraq⁠/), superlative اینک ایلدام (/⁠eŋ ıldam⁠/))

  1. fast, quick, swift, rapid
    Synonyms: تیز (tyz /⁠tez⁠/), الغور (ʾlġwr /⁠alġur⁠/), روان (rwān /⁠räwān⁠/), چالت (čālt /⁠čalt⁠/), توزکان (twzkān /⁠tüzgän⁠/)
    ایلدام ایتماک ― ʾyldām ʾytmāk /ıldam etmäk/ ― to fasten

Descendants

  • Uyghur: ئىلدام (ildam)
  • Uzbek: ildam

References

  1. ^ for the Mongolian term, see “ЖАЛДАМ”, in Монгол хэлний их тайлбар толь [Dictionary of the Mongolian Language] (in Mongolian), Institute of Linguistics of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, 2016–present

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 790
  • Ünlü, Suat (2013), Çağatay Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Dictionary of Chagatai Turkic] (in Turkish), Konya: Eğitim Yayınevi, →ISBN, page 498
  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870), “ایلدام”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 130
  • Vámbery, Ármin (1867), Ćagataische sprachstudien‎[3] (in German), Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, page 237
  • Räsänen, Martti (1969), “jyldam”, in Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 200b
  • Sevortjan, E. V.; Levitskaja, L. S. (1989), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, pages 278-279
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