Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC ljowng, “dragon”), specifically from a dialect without the final .

Noun

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𐰠𐰇 ()

  1. dragon
    • 8th century CE, Ongin Inscription, Supp. 4
      𐰠𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:
      :yïlqa
      ...at the Year of Dragon...

Descendants

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  • Middle Mongol: ᠯᠤᠤ (luu)

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “lü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 355
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “lu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 763