𐰍𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *agï (“treasure”). Cognate with Old Uyghur ’’xy (aɣï).

Noun

𐰍𐰃 (aɣï)

1. material, treasure, wealth
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5

     𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰉𐰣:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴:𐰍𐰃𐰤:𐰺𐰯:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰨𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰆𐱃𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾

     süčig:sabïn:yïmšaq:aɣïn:arïp:ïraq:bodunuɣ:anča:yaɣutïr:ermiš

     Deceiving by means of their sweet words and soft materials, they are said to cause the remote people to come close in this manner.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “aγī”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 78
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Agɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill