𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Persian mwrw' (murwa).
Noun
edit𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀 (burua)
- presage, omen
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67
- 𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀:𐰍𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰾𐰓𐰯:𐰲𐰢𐰔:𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰭𐰆𐰣:𐰃𐱅𐰀𐰲𐰸:𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰓𐰢
- burua:ɣuru:ešidip:ečimiz:isig:saŋun:itačuq:üčün:bitidim
- ...after having listened to the burua guru ( i.e. the spiritual master of presage), wrote (this book) for our affectionate big brother General Itachuk.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67
References
editTekin, Talât (1993) “burua”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53