Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adgïr. Cognate with Chuvash ӑйӑр (ăjăr), Karakhanid اَذْغِرْ (aδɣïr, stallion), Turkish aygır (stallion), Uzbek aygʻir, Bashkir айғыр (ayğır, stallion), Yakut атыыр (atıır).

Noun edit

𐰑𐰍𐰺 (adɣïr)

  1. stallion
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 56
      𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰑𐰍𐰺:𐰢𐰤
      ögriŋe:qutluɣ:adɣïr:men
      I am a stallion happy in his stud.

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References edit

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “adγïr”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)dg(ı)r”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏğır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 47