𐰃 U+10C03, 𐰃
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON I
𐰂
[U+10C02]
Old Turkic 𐰄
[U+10C04]
See also: 𐰄

Old Turkic

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Sogdian 𐼊 (y, yodh), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܝ (yodh).

Letter

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𐰃 (i)

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /i/ /e/ or /ɯ/. The backness or frontness depends on the type of the consonant.
Descendants
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  • Old Hungarian: 𐳐, 𐲐, 𐳑, 𐲑

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic (bush, tree). Cognate with Old Uyghur ՚y (ï, plant), Karakhanid يٖيكٖى (yigi, bushy).

Noun

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𐰃 (ï)

  1. tree (singular or collective), forest
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IN3:
      𐱃𐰍:𐰃𐰴𐰀:𐰉𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔
      atïɣ:ïqa:bayur:ertimiz
      We used to tie the horses to trees.
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References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ï”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 332
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ɨ, *ɨ-(ń)gač”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ï̄- (to send). Cognate with Southern Altai ийер (iyer, to send).

Verb

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𐰃 (ï-)

  1. (transitive) to send
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S8:
      𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰚𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰼:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰯:𐰺𐰴𐱁:𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰚𐱁:𐰃𐰽𐰺:𐰤𐰭:𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰍:𐰖𐰸
      ötüken:yér:olurup:arqïš:tirkiš:ïsar:neŋ:buŋuɣ:yoq
      If you stay in the land of Ötüken and send caravans from there, you will have no trouble.
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References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ï-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 332
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ı:ḏ-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 37
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ɨ̄d-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill