توفراق یولدوز

Chagatai

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 土星 (Tǔxīng). From توفراق (twfrāq /⁠tofraq⁠/, “earth”) + یولدوز (ywldwz, “star”).

Compare with Old Uyghur 𐾀𐽳𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽲 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (twprʾq ywltwz).

Proper noun

توفراق یولدوز • (twfrāq ywldwz /tofraq yulduz/)

  1. (astronomy) Saturn

Further reading

  • 御製五體清文鑑 / han -i araha sunja hacin hergen kamciha manju gisun -i buleku bithe [Pentaglot Dictionary] (overall work in Manchu, Classical Tibetan, Classical Mongolian, Chagatai, and Mandarin), Beijing, (Can we date this quote?), page 20, as ᡨ᠋ᡠᡦᡵᠠᡴ
    ᠶᡠᠯᡩ᠋ᡠᡯ     (tuprak yuldudz), translates to Chinese 土星 (Tǔxīng)
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