𐰆
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Old Turkic edit
Etymology 1 edit
Derived from Sogdian 𐼇 (w, “waw”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܘ (“waw”).
Letter edit
𐰆 (u)
- A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /o/ or /u/.
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “o/o:/u/u:”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ū (“sleep”). Compare Karakhanid اُو (ū, “sleep”), Yakut уу (uu, “sleep”).
Noun edit
𐰆 (u)
- sleep
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E35:
- 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰇𐰏:𐰉𐱃𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰺𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰯𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰍:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰯:𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰆𐰑𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰑𐰢𐰔
- süŋüg:batïmï:qarïɣ:söküpen:kögmen:yïšïɣ:toɣa:yorïp:qïrqïz:bodunuɣ:uda:basdïmïz
- Having opened our way through the lance-deep snow, we marched up over the Sayan Mountains and fell upon the Kyrgyz people while they were asleep.
Related terms edit
- 𐰆𐰑𐰃 (udï-)
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “u”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ū-dɨ-, *ū-dɨ-k-la-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 3 edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *u- (“to be able, capable”). Compare Karakhanid اُغَنْ (uɣan, “having power over all things”), Turkish -a-ma- (“not to be able”).
Verb edit
𐰆 (u-)
Derived terms edit
- 𐰆𐰢𐰀 (uma-, “to be unable”)
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “u-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “u-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*u(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill