𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kēče (“night, evening”). Cognate with Chuvash каҫ (kaś), Khalaj kêçə, Turkish gece (“night”), Turkmen gīje (“night”), Uzbek kecha, Bashkir кисә (kisə), Yakut киэһэ (kiehe, “evening”).

Noun

𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče)

1. evening

   Synonym: 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (tün)

   Antonyms: 𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔 (küntüz), 𐰖𐰺𐰣 (yarïn)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 1

     𐱅𐰤:𐰾𐰃:𐰢𐰤:𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     tensi:men:yarïn:kéče:altun:örgin:üze:olurpan:meŋileyür:men

     I am the Son of Heaven. In the morning and evening, I enjoy sitting on the golden throne.

Adverb

𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče)

1. late in the evening

   Synonym: 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (tün)

   Antonyms: 𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔 (küntüz), 𐰖𐰺𐰣 (yarïn)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kiçä”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 58
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kéče”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 694
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gēč (-e)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill