𐰚𐰇𐰕

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *köŕ (“eye”). Cognate with Chuvash куҫ (kuś), Khalaj köz, Turkish göz (“eye”), Uzbek koʻz, Bashkir күҙ (küź), Khakas кӧс.

Noun

𐰚𐰇𐰕 (köz)

1. (anatomy) eye
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, N11

     𐰚𐰇𐰕𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰓𐰜:𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰴𐰴𐰣:𐰾𐰓𐰢𐰓𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰢𐰣

     közün:körmedük:qulqaqïn:ešidmedük:bodunumun

     ...my people who have not been seen by eye and have not been heard by ear...

Derived terms

• 𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰠𐰀 (közle-, “to watch for”)
• 𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰭𐰇 (közŋü, “mirror”)
• 𐰜𐰇𐰔𐰓 (közed-, “to protect”)

Related terms

• 𐰚𐰇𐰼 (kör-, “to see”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “köz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 353
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kö:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 756
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*göŕ (*gör-s) / *gör-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kǖŕ (“autumn”). Cognate with Chuvash кӗр (kĕr), Turkish güz (“autumn”), Uzbek kuz, Bashkir көҙ (köź), Yakut күһүн (kühün).

Noun

𐰚𐰇𐰕 (küz)

1. autumn, fall
   • 8th century CE, Tariat Inscription

     𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰃𐰞:𐰚𐰇𐰕𐰤𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰢

     olyïl:küzünilgerü:yorïdïm

     That year, during autumn, I walked forward...

Derived terms

• 𐰚𐰇𐰕𐰤 (küzün, “at autumn”)

See also

Seasons in Old Turkic (layout · text) · category
𐰖𐰔 (yaz, “spring”)	𐰖𐰖 (yay, “summer”)	𐰚𐰇𐰔 (küz, “autumn”)	𐰶𐰃𐱁 (qïš, “winter”)

References

• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰚𐰇𐰔”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 757
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gǖŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill