𐰖𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ańak (“pot, cup”).

Noun

𐰖𐰴 (ayaq)

1. cup, goblet, bowl
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 42

     𐰆𐰔𐰆𐰣𐱃𐰆𐰣𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰃𐰓𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰖𐰴𐰃𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     uzuntonluɣ:idišin:ayaqïn:qodupan:barmïš

     A woman went away, leaving behind her cups and bowls

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)y(a)k”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ayak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 270
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ańak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill