𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰞𐰀
Old Turkic edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain, however cognate with Danube Bulgar ΒΟΗΛΑ, ΒΟΥΗΛΑ, ΒΟΙΛΑ (BOYLA).[1][2]
Noun edit
𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰞𐰀 (boyla)
- a type of nobility, seemingly close to the ruler; boyar, boila
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IW6:
- 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸:𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰞𐰀:𐰉𐰍𐰀:𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰣:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰼𐰾:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰣:𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲𐰍:𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰪𐰍:𐰖𐰃𐰺𐰖𐰀:𐰆𐰍𐰔𐰍:𐰇𐰚𐰾:𐰝:𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰃
- bilge:tońuquq:boyla:baɣa:tarqan:birle:iltériš:qaɣan:boluyïn:bérye:tabɣačïɣ:öŋre:qïtańïɣ:yïrya:oɣuzuɣ:üküš:ök:ölürti
- Having become a khagan in the company of the Wise Tonyukuk Boila Bagha Tarkhan, Ilterish killed in great numbers the Chinese to the south, the Kihtans to the east and the Oghuz to the north
References edit
- ^ Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language][1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 44
- ^ Moravcsik, Gyula (1983), Byzantinoturcica: Sprachreste der Türkvölker in den byzantinischen Quellen, volume II, page 93
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “boyla”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 385
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “boyla”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 320