𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆𐱃
Old Turkic edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Proto-Turkic *alp (“warrior”), equivalent to 𐰞𐰯 (alp, “warrior”) + 𐰍𐰆𐱃 (-aɣut).
Noun edit
𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆𐱃 (alpaɣut)
- used for various titles; hero, champion, warrior, officer
- Synonym: 𐰞𐰯 (alp)
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N7:
- 𐰆𐰔𐰀:𐰚𐰠𐰢𐰾:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰍𐱃𐰯:𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰺𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰆𐰍𐱁:𐰞𐰯𐰍𐰆:𐰆𐰣:𐰼𐰏:𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰀𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰃𐰦𐰀:𐰏𐰼𐰯:𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔
- oza:kelmiš:süsin:kültégin:aɣïp:toŋra:bir:oğuš:alpaɣutï:on:erig:toŋatégin:yoɣïnta:egir:ölürtümüz
- Prince Kül put their army, which had come assaulting, to flight and we surrounded and killed a Tongra squad consisting of ten champion warriors at the funeral of Prince Tonga.
Alternative forms edit
References edit
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “alpaγu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alpa:ğut”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 128