Old Turkic

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Etymology

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From a crasis of 𐰨𐰀 (anča, like that) +‎ 𐰼𐰯 (erip, by happening).

Adverb

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𐰨𐰯 (ančïp)

  1. thus
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 66
      𐰨𐰯:𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐰚𐰤𐱅𐰇:𐰇𐰠𐰇𐰏𐰃:𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰏:𐰆𐰞
      ančïp:alqu:kentü:ülügi:erklig:ol
      Thus, everyone is master of his own fate.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)nç(ı)p”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ançıp”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 173