Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tōrug (bay, reddish-brown). Cognate with Turkish doru, Southern Altai торбок (torbok, ox (with reddish-brown)), Turkmen dōr, Tuvan доруг (dorug).

Adjective edit

𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ)

  1. (of a horse) bay reddish-brown
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E33
      𐰇𐰲𐰨:𐰘𐰏𐰤:𐰾𐰃𐰠𐰏:𐰋𐰏𐰭:𐰚𐰓𐰢𐰠𐰏:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍:𐱃:𐰋𐰃𐰤𐰯:𐱅𐰏𐰓𐰃
      üčünč:yegen:silig:begiŋ:kedimlig:toruɣ:at:binip:tegdi
      Thirdly, he mounted Lord Yegen Silig's dressed bay horse and attacked.

See also edit

Colors in Old Turkic · 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰍 (boduɣ) (layout · text)
     𐰀𐰴 (āq), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ)      𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)      𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)
             𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (qïzïl), 𐰞 (al)              𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (yaɣïz), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)              𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ)
                          𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl)             
                          𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)             
                                      

References edit

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “toruγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 384
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toruğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 538