Some features of the North-Western Prakrit that was used as the administrative language of the kingdom of Kroraina (‘Niya Prakrit’) have in the past been more or less vaguely described as the result of language contact. One particularly striking feature that invites such an account is the innovative preterite of this Prakrit variety. We argue that, from a structural point of view, this formation and its morphosyntactic behaviour can be plausibly attributed to interference from Khotanese. In addition, a scenario involving Khotanese as a substratum language of Niya Prakrit may also be well accounted for from a historical and sociolinguistic perspective.
{"title":"Preterite Formations in Niya Prakrit and Khotanese: A Case of Grammatical Interference?","authors":"Francesco Barchi, Benedikt Peschl","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00223","url":null,"abstract":"Some features of the North-Western Prakrit that was used as the administrative language of the kingdom of Kroraina (‘Niya Prakrit’) have in the past been more or less vaguely described as the result of language contact. One particularly striking feature that invites such an account is the innovative preterite of this Prakrit variety. We argue that, from a structural point of view, this formation and its morphosyntactic behaviour can be plausibly attributed to interference from Khotanese. In addition, a scenario involving Khotanese as a substratum language of Niya Prakrit may also be well accounted for from a historical and sociolinguistic perspective.","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85841690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amongst the finds of the Chinese archaeologists at the centre portion of the West Zone of the Tuyoq Grottoes in the Turfan region of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People’s Republic of China, there are three wooden plates with Old Uyghur writing, which I identify as nameplates. They have some similarities to the nameplates preserved in the Berlin Turfan collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst. However, the two nameplates from Tuyoq also show clear divergences from the known wooden nameplates in the Berlin Turfan collection of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in regards to their form and content. They are unique, and it is the first time such wooden nameplates were discovered in the Tuyoq Grottoes. This article begins with a short survey of research of recent Old Uyghur materials discovered in the Tuyoq Grottoes. Then, it presents a philological investigation of the three wooden nameplates which is followed by a classification of the wooden objects with Old Uyghur writing. At the end, the article discusses the function of wooden objects with Old Uyghur writing in the Old Uyghur society, focusing on the function of the wooden nameplates.
中国考古学家在中华人民共和国新疆维吾尔自治区吐鲁番地区吐鲁番石窟西区中心部分的发现中,有三个刻有古维吾尔文的木版,我认为这是铭牌。它们与亚洲艺术博物馆(Museum r Asiatische Kunst)保存在柏林吐鲁番的铭牌有一些相似之处。然而,图约克的两个铭牌在形式和内容上也与亚洲艺术博物馆柏林吐鲁番藏品中已知的木制铭牌有明显的差异。这种木制铭牌是独一无二的,这是第一次在土育石窟中发现。本文首先简要介绍了吐鲁番石窟出土的维吾尔族古文资料的最新研究概况。然后,对三个木制铭牌进行了语文学调查,并对带有古维吾尔文字的木制物品进行了分类。最后,文章探讨了古维吾尔文字木器在古维吾尔社会中的作用,重点讨论了木制铭牌的作用。
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Little has been known about Weiwu’erbali, a place name found only in Chinese records from the Ming Dynasty. As this place name has not been thoroughly examined in sources other than Chinese, discussion related to it has so far been limited to its approximate location. However, Chaghatay documents recently found in Qomul shed new light on the place. By referring to documents and oral sources, the present study aims to identify the precise location of Urghuybalïq mentioned in the Chaghatay documents, and trace the change of the place name until its fall into oblivion.
{"title":"Place Names of Urghuybalïq","authors":"Ablajan Yüsüp","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00126","url":null,"abstract":"Little has been known about Weiwu’erbali, a place name found only in Chinese records from the Ming Dynasty. As this place name has not been thoroughly examined in sources other than Chinese, discussion related to it has so far been limited to its approximate location. However, Chaghatay documents recently found in Qomul shed new light on the place. By referring to documents and oral sources, the present study aims to identify the precise location of Urghuybalïq mentioned in the Chaghatay documents, and trace the change of the place name until its fall into oblivion.","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"188 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83053534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this study, we examine the etymology of the the word alıg, which has appeared in various Turkic languages starting with Old Uyghur. Researchers have so far put forth different theories regarding the origins of this word, which survives today in different parts of the Turkic-speaking world with various phonetic and semantic changes. Some have associated it with al- ‘to take’ (‘almak’) (< al-ı-g), which is semantically problematic, or with hypothetical roots which they reconstruct variously as *al (< al+ıg), *al- or *alı-. Considering earlier proposals, we narrow down the set of possible etymologies for alıg in accordance with their relative merits.
在这项研究中,我们研究了alıg这个词的词源,它出现在从古维吾尔语开始的各种突厥语言中。到目前为止,研究人员对这个词的起源提出了不同的理论,这个词今天在突厥语世界的不同地区幸存下来,语音和语义发生了各种变化。有些人将它与al- ' to take ' (' almak ') (< al-ı-g)联系在一起,这在语义上是有问题的,或者与假设的根联系在一起,他们将其重构为*al (< al+ıg), *al-或* alyi -。考虑到早期的建议,我们根据alıg的相对优点缩小了可能的词源集。
{"title":"A Word from Old Uyghur to the Present: Alıg","authors":"Gülden Sağol Yüksekkaya","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00202","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we examine the etymology of the the word alıg, which has appeared in various Turkic languages starting with Old Uyghur. Researchers have so far put forth different theories regarding the origins of this word, which survives today in different parts of the Turkic-speaking world with various phonetic and semantic changes. Some have associated it with al- ‘to take’ (‘almak’) (< al-ı-g), which is semantically problematic, or with hypothetical roots which they reconstruct variously as *al (< al+ıg), *al- or *alı-. Considering earlier proposals, we narrow down the set of possible etymologies for alıg in accordance with their relative merits.","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77005587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In memoriam of György Kara (1935–2022)","authors":"Ágnes Birtalan","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76614943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents a critical edition of a hitherto unknown Crimean version of the famous Noghay epic Edige. This version is anonymous and undated, probably copied in the 19th century. It contains seven pages of a codex of various contents and is incomplete. Despite being so short, this version is very interesting as it was copied in Hebrew script. After comparing this text with other versions, such as those in Crimean Tatar, Noghay, Baraba, Karakalpak and Kazakh, the article demonstrates that this version is closest to the Crimean Tatar and Noghay versions.
{"title":"A New Version of the Edige Epic from the Crimea: Karaim or Krymchak?","authors":"Gulayhan Aqtay, Tülay Çulha","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00213","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a critical edition of a hitherto unknown Crimean version of the famous Noghay epic Edige. This version is anonymous and undated, probably copied in the 19th century. It contains seven pages of a codex of various contents and is incomplete. Despite being so short, this version is very interesting as it was copied in Hebrew script. After comparing this text with other versions, such as those in Crimean Tatar, Noghay, Baraba, Karakalpak and Kazakh, the article demonstrates that this version is closest to the Crimean Tatar and Noghay versions.","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86570646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Shivan Mahendrarajah 2021. The Sufi Saint of Jam. History, Religion, and Politics of a Sunni Shrine in Shiʿi Iran","authors":"Eszter Luca Csontos","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80154507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Felicia Roșu (ed.) 2022. Slavery in the Black Sea Region, c.900-1900: Forms of Unfreedom at the Intersection between Christianity and Islam","authors":"F. Yaşa","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00250","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83525331","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper explores the convergence of motives between philosophy and art through the examination of a curious object at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong – a unique stone-ware pillow featuring the unconventional representation of a skeleton enthusiastically beaten by two herding boys. The scene, which evokes the episode of Zhuangzi’s pillowing of a skull, presents a number of elements that allow us to deconstruct the complex connections between Buddhist and Daoist imagery featuring skulls and herding boys, as well as the way popular beliefs were instrumentalized into religious performances and luxury objects for either personal enlightenment or for the conversion of the masses. In the conclusion, we analyze additional examples of Daoist narratives in ceramic pillows and other luxury products, drawing conclusions on the stoneware industry and its role in medieval times in the proselytization and the development and understanding of religious beliefs.
{"title":"The Master and the Skull: Painted Daoist Narratives on Song-Yuan Dynasty Ceramic Pillows","authors":"César Guarde-Paz, Witney Cheung Kwan-wai","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00206","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the convergence of motives between philosophy and art through the examination of a curious object at the University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong – a unique stone-ware pillow featuring the unconventional representation of a skeleton enthusiastically beaten by two herding boys. The scene, which evokes the episode of Zhuangzi’s pillowing of a skull, presents a number of elements that allow us to deconstruct the complex connections between Buddhist and Daoist imagery featuring skulls and herding boys, as well as the way popular beliefs were instrumentalized into religious performances and luxury objects for either personal enlightenment or for the conversion of the masses. In the conclusion, we analyze additional examples of Daoist narratives in ceramic pillows and other luxury products, drawing conclusions on the stoneware industry and its role in medieval times in the proselytization and the development and understanding of religious beliefs.","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74240097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The second sentence of line 18 (= line 1 on the east side of the first stele) of the Tunyukuk Inscription has been amended as [: eki] süm[üz b]oltï or [biz eki sü b]oltï ‘We had two armies’. Considering the second sentence of line 17, the information from the first and second sentences of line 18 would be that the peoples around us joined us and thus the number of our soldiers, which was 2,000, increased. If that is the case, the second sentence may be hypothetically amended as [: bir] tüm[än b]oltï ‘It (= the number of our soldiers) became 10,000’ or [: eki] tüm[än b]oltï ‘It (= the number of our soldiers) became 20,000’.
屯郁谷碑文第18行第二句(=第一块石碑东侧第1行)修改为[:eki] s m[ z b]oltï或[biz eki sü b]oltï“我们有两支军队”。考虑第17行第二句,从第18行第一句和第二句得到的信息是,我们周围的人民加入了我们,因此我们的士兵人数增加了,原来是2000人。如果是这样的话,第二句可以假设修改为[:bir] t m[än b]oltï ' It (= our soldiers的数量)变成了10,000 '或[:eki] t m[än b]oltï ' It (= our soldiers的数量)变成了20,000 '。
{"title":"A New Reading of the Second Sentence in Line 18 of the Tunyukuk Inscription*","authors":"Yong-sŏng Li","doi":"10.1556/062.2022.00113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1556/062.2022.00113","url":null,"abstract":"The second sentence of line 18 (= line 1 on the east side of the first stele) of the Tunyukuk Inscription has been amended as [: eki] süm[üz b]oltï or [biz eki sü b]oltï ‘We had two armies’. Considering the second sentence of line 17, the information from the first and second sentences of line 18 would be that the peoples around us joined us and thus the number of our soldiers, which was 2,000, increased. If that is the case, the second sentence may be hypothetically amended as [: bir] tüm[än b]oltï ‘It (= the number of our soldiers) became 10,000’ or [: eki] tüm[än b]oltï ‘It (= the number of our soldiers) became 20,000’.","PeriodicalId":44092,"journal":{"name":"Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":"46 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2022-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77926753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}