𐰏

𐰏 U+10C0F, 𐰏 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AEG ← 𐰎 [U+10C0E] Old Turkic 𐰐 → [U+10C10]

See also: 𐰐

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Clauson suggest that it might ultimately be derived from Ancient Greek Γ (G, “gamma”) through intermediaries.

Letter

𐰏 (g)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ɡ/, used with front vowels.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “g”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 69 and 74

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-ig. Cognate with Chuvash -не (-ne), Turkish -i, Uzbek -ni, Kazakh -ні (-nı).

Suffix

𐰏 (-g, -ig)

1. Forms the accusative case

   ‎𐱃 (at, “horse”) + ‎𐰍 (ǧ) → ‎𐱃𐰍 (atïɣ, “the horse (accusative)”)

Usage notes

1. In some rare instances, the form 𐰤𐰃 (-ni) appears, it is mostly used after vowels.

   ‎𐰸𐰆 (qu, “a chinese name”) + ‎𐰣𐰃 (n¹i) → ‎𐰸𐰆𐰣𐰃 (qunï, “a chinese name (accusative)”)

2. After singular possesive suffixes, it takes the form 𐰤 (-(i)n).

   ‎𐱃 (at, “horse”) + ‎𐰣 (n¹) → ‎𐱃𐰢𐰣 (atïmïn, “my horse (accusative)”)

   ‎𐱃 (at, “horse”) + ‎𐰣 (n¹) → ‎𐱃𐰭𐰣 (atïŋïn, “your horse (accusative)”)

   ‎𐱃 (at, “horse”) + ‎𐰣 (n¹) → ‎𐱃𐰣 (atïn, “his/her/its horse (accusative)”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰍 (-ɣ, -ïɣ)
• 𐰇𐰏 (-üg)
• 𐰆𐰍 (-uɣ)
• 𐰤 (-n, -in)
• 𐰣 (-n, -ïn)
• 𐰤𐰃 (-ni)
• 𐰣𐰃 (-nï)

Related terms

• 𐰤𐰭 (-niŋ, “genitive case”)
• 𐰚𐰀 (-ke, “dative-locative case”)
• 𐰓𐰀 (-de, “locative-ablative case”)
• 𐰓𐰤 (-din, “ablative case”)
• 𐰏𐰼𐰇 (-gerü, “allative case”)
• 𐰲𐰀 (-če, “equative case”)
• 𐰤 (-in, “instrumental case”)
• 𐰠𐰏𐰇 (-ligü, “comitative case”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “-γ/-g”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 127

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-g. Cognate with Chuvash -ӗ (-ĕ), Turkish -i, Uzbek -ik.

Suffix

𐰏 (-g, -ig)

1. Suffix forming nouns from verbs

   ‎𐰋𐰃𐰠 (bil-, “to know”) + ‎𐰏 (g) → ‎𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏 (bilig, “knowledge”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰍 (-ɣ, -ïɣ)
• 𐰇𐰏 (-üg)
• 𐰆𐰍 (-uɣ)

Derived terms

Old Turkic terms suffixed with 𐰏

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “-γ/-g”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 111
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-ğ/-ığ/-ig/-uğ/-üg”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xliv