𐰖 U+10C16, 𐰖
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AY
𐰕
[U+10C15]
Old Turkic 𐰗
[U+10C17]
See also: 𐰗

Old Turkic

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Etymology 1

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Pictogram of a bow, compare Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (bow).

Letter

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𐰖 ()

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /j/, used with back vowels.
Descendants
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  • Old Hungarian: 𐳚, 𐲚

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (moon, month). Cognate with Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh), Khalaj hây, Turkish ay (moon, month), Uzbek oy, Bashkir ай (ay), Yakut ый (ıy).

Noun

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𐰖 (ay)

  1. (astronomy) moon
  2. month
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 59
      𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰖𐰃𐰑𐰃𐱃𐰢𐰖𐰃𐰣:𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰺𐱃𐰀𐱃𐰢𐰖𐰃𐰣
      yïlqa:tegmišig:yïdïtmayïn:ayqa:tegmišig:artatmayïn
      I will not make one that has reached (the stage of) a year stink, (or) one that has reached (the stage of) a month go bad.

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Etymology 3

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āy- (to say, to tell). Cognate with Chuvash ыйт (yjt), Khalaj hâymaq, Turkish ayıtmak, Uzbek aytmoq, Bashkir әйтеү (əytew), Yakut ый (ıy).

Verb

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𐰖 (ay-)

  1. (transitive) to tell, to declare, to order
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IN7
      𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸𐰀:𐰉𐰭𐰀:𐰖𐰑𐰃
      bilge:tońuquq:baŋa:ay
      He ordered me, Bilge Tonyukuk, (as follows):..
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References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ay-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ay-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 266
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạj-ɨt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill