Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tul(k) (widow). Cognate with Chuvash тӑлӑх (tălăh, orphan), Old Uyghur twl (tul), Turkish dul, Uzbek tul, Bashkir тол (tol).

Noun edit

𐱄𐰆𐰟 (tul)

  1. (Yenisei Kyrgyz) widow
    • 8-10th century CE, Kejeelig-Hovu (e-45)
      𐰵𐰆𐰗𐰒𐰁:𐰵𐰆𐰩𐰆𐰗𐰆𐰢:𐱄𐰆𐰟:𐰵𐰟𐱄𐰄:𐰾𐰄𐰕𐰢
      quyda:qončuyum:tul:qaltï:esizim
      My wife, the princess, at hearth became a widow, alas!

References edit

  • Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱃𐰆𐰞”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Erhan Aydın, (2013), “Yenisey Yazıtlarındaki Tek Örnekler”, Türkbilig, vol: 36, page: 37-49.[1]
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tu:l”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 490
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dul(k)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill