𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤

Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain, however most attempts at derivation suggest 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök, “blue”) +‎ 𐰢𐰤 (-men, “deadjectival nominal suffix”), although historical forms of such a derivation point toward *kökmen with -k- not -g-.

Some older sources suggest that the word had meant the Sayan Mountains, however Aydın states that it'd be far too westward and instead suggests that it meant Tannu-Ola Mountains instead.

Proper noun edit

𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤 (kögmen)

the Tannu-Ola Mountains
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E17:
  𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐱁𐰀:𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢𐰔
  kögmen:aša:kïrkïz:yériŋe:tegi:süledimiz
  We went on campaigns up to the land of Kyrgyzes, beyond the Tannu-Ola mountains.

Alternative forms edit

𐰜𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤 (Kögmen)

References edit

Aydın, Erhan (2016) “Kögmen”, in Eski Türk Yer Adları [Old Turkic Place Names] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat, →ISBN, page 107
Tekin, Talât (1968) “kögmän”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 351