Old Anatolian Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately a derivation from Proto-Turkic *öl- (to die).

Noun edit

اولوم (ölüm)

  1. death
    • XIIIth century [from a XVth century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 8:
      اولوم بر قاپودور كچمك كركدر
      برابر انده سلطانیله چوپان
      Ölüm bir qapudur, gäčmäk gäräkdür
      bärābär anda sulṭān ile čōpān.
           Death is a gate, one has to pass [through it]
           A sultan and a shepherd are equal in it.

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: ölüm
  • Gagauz: ölüm
  • Ottoman Turkish: اولوم (ölüm)