𐰍𐰺
Old Turkic edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”). Cognate with Chuvash йывӑр (jyvăr), Turkish ağır, Uzbek ogʻir, Bashkir ауыр (awır), Yakut ыар (ıar).
Adjective edit
𐰍𐰺 (aɣïr)
- heavy
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S15:
- 𐰍𐰃𐰺:𐱃𐱁𐰃𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰃𐰍
- aɣïr:tašïɣ:yoɣun:ig
- ...heavy stones and thick wood...
- important, worthy, expensive
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E2:
- 𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀:𐰍𐰺:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏
- bunča:aɣïr:törüg
- ...this many important rules...
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “aγar”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 88