𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yablak, itself from the same source as 𐰖𐰉𐰔 (yabïz).

Adjective

𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴 (yablaq)

1. bad

   Synonym: 𐰖𐰉𐰔 (yabïz)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 6

     𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰕𐰆𐰭:𐰕𐰃𐰍𐰃:𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰆𐰞

     toŋuzuŋ:azïɣï:sïnmïš:tér:anča:biliŋ:yablaq:ol

     The boar's tusks broke, it says. Know thus: (The omen) is bad.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “yablak”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67b
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yavlak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 876b
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jAb-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill