𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰨

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (bulɣa-, “to stir; to cause disorder, to disturb”) +‎ 𐰨 (-nč). Compare Bulgar possibly from Proto-Turkic *bulgar (“disturber”), aorist form of *bulga- and Turkish karışık (“mixed; disorderly”).

Adjective

𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰨 (bulɣanč)

1. in disorder, disorderly

   Synonym: 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰴 (bulɣaq, “disorder”)

   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, E5

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰨:𐰆𐰞:𐱅𐰢𐰾

     türük:bodun:yeme:bulɣanč:ol:témiš

     ...and he had said that the Turkic people were in disorder.

Related terms

• 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (bulɣa-, “to stir; to cause disorder, to disturb”)
• 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰴 (bulɣaq, “disorder”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bulγanč”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 321
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bulğanç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 336