𐰃

𐰃 U+10C03, 𐰃 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON I ← 𐰂 [U+10C02] Old Turkic 𐰄 → [U+10C04]

See also: 𐰄

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

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

Letter

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

• ⇒ Old Hungarian: 𐳐, 𐲐, 𐳑, 𐲑

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ı/ı:/i/i:”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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.

Related terms

• 𐰃𐰍𐰲 (ïɣač, “tree”)

References

• 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

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

Verb

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.

Derived terms

• 𐰃𐰑 (ïd-, “to send”)
• 𐰃𐰑𐰸 (ïduq, “sacred, holy”)

References

• 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