𐰖𐰯

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yap- (“to make”). Cognate with Turkish yapmak.

Verb

𐰖𐰯 (yap-)

1. (transitive) to make, build
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 28

     𐰴𐰣:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆:𐰖𐰯𐰢𐰃𐰾

     qan:olurupan:ordu:yapmïš

     After having ascended the throne, a khan built a royal camp.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)p-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yap-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 870-871
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jAp-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill