𐰍

𐰍 U+10C0D, 𐰍 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AG ← 𐰌 [U+10C0C] Old Turkic 𐰎 → [U+10C0E]

See also: 𐰎‎

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Letter

𐰍 (ǧ)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ɣ/, used with back vowels.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āg- (“to rise up”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ağmaq (“to outweigh; to rise up”), Turkish ağmak (“to outweigh; to rise up”), Gagauz aamaa (“to vaporize”), Turkmen āgmak (“to overflow”), Kazakh ауу (auu).

Noun

𐰍 (aɣ-)

1. (intransitive) to rise, to ascend, to climb
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 62

     ‏𐰖𐰖𐰞𐰍:𐱃𐰍𐰢𐰀:𐰍𐰯𐰣:𐰖𐰖𐰞𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰺:𐰢𐰤‎

     yaylaɣ:taɣïma:aɣïpan:yaylayur:turur:men

     Climbing the mountain which is my summer residence, I stay there for the summer.

Derived terms

• 𐰍𐱃‎ (aɣït-, “to raise, to put to flight, to revive”)
• 𐰍𐱃𐰆𐰺‎ (aɣïttur-, “to cause to raise”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968), “aγ-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
• Tekin, Talât (1993), “(a)g-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “a:ğ-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 77
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*(i)āg-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill