𐰇𐰼𐰛

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ürk- (“to be afraid”). Cognate with Turkish ürkmek, Uzbek hurkmoq, Kyrgyz үркүү (ürküü).

Verb

𐰇𐰼𐰛 (ürk-)

1. (intransitive) to fear

   Synonyms: 𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴 (qorq-), 𐰪 (ań-), 𐰖𐰃𐰣 (ayïn-)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27

     𐰉𐰖:𐰼:𐰴𐰆𐰪𐰃:𐰇𐰼𐰚𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     bay:er:qońï:ürküpen:barmïš

     A rich man's sheep went away after being frightened.

Derived terms

• 𐰇𐰼𐰚𐱅 (ürküt-, “to scare”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ürk-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ürk-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 221
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ürk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill