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Etymological Survey on the State Head Title Kaghan
in Uyghur
Litip Tohti
Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
There are numerous words denoting a head or leader of a state in Uyghur,
such as kaghan (qaghan/xaqan,xan)“king”, shah“king’, padishah“king’,
rä’is“president’, zhuxi “chairman’, zongtong“president’, prezident“president”,
etc. However, only the term kaghan (qaghan/xaqan,xan) is a genuine
Uyghur word in terms of its etymology, all the others are borrowed from
other languages in the different periods of time. Thus this paper conducts
a survey on the etymology of the word kaghan (qaghan/xaqan,xan) and
comes to the conclusion that its origin can be traced back to the common
Altaic word *ka-（~*ko-）which meant “to cover, to enclose, to control,
to look after, to protect, to surround, to seal off” etc., or which might have
almost the same meaning of English verb to cover and its extended meanings.
Keywords: Term for State Leader Kaghan/Qagan Etymology Uyghur
On the Theory of Regular Script in Uighur Calligraphy
Liu Ge
Shaanxi Normal University, China
Uighur calligraphy is an important part of the study on Uighur cultural history.
Moriyasu Takao, the Japanese scholar, has the largest body of work in this
respect. He divides the calligraphy in Uighur literature into four styles: regular
script, semi-regular script, semi-cursive, and cursive, and he has made special
descriptions on the characteristics of each style. Based on the theory of regular
script as an example, this paper points out that this classification and appellation
is not appropriate.
in Uyghur
Litip Tohti
Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
There are numerous words denoting a head or leader of a state in Uyghur,
such as kaghan (qaghan/xaqan,xan)“king”, shah“king’, padishah“king’,
rä’is“president’, zhuxi “chairman’, zongtong“president’, prezident“president”,
etc. However, only the term kaghan (qaghan/xaqan,xan) is a genuine
Uyghur word in terms of its etymology, all the others are borrowed from
other languages in the different periods of time. Thus this paper conducts
a survey on the etymology of the word kaghan (qaghan/xaqan,xan) and
comes to the conclusion that its origin can be traced back to the common
Altaic word *ka-（~*ko-）which meant “to cover, to enclose, to control,
to look after, to protect, to surround, to seal off” etc., or which might have
almost the same meaning of English verb to cover and its extended meanings.
Keywords: Term for State Leader Kaghan/Qagan Etymology Uyghur
On the Theory of Regular Script in Uighur Calligraphy
Liu Ge
Shaanxi Normal University, China
Uighur calligraphy is an important part of the study on Uighur cultural history.
Moriyasu Takao, the Japanese scholar, has the largest body of work in this
respect. He divides the calligraphy in Uighur literature into four styles: regular
script, semi-regular script, semi-cursive, and cursive, and he has made special
descriptions on the characteristics of each style. Based on the theory of regular
script as an example, this paper points out that this classification and appellation
is not appropriate.
