𐰲𐰚𐰚
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *čekik (“lark, crane”).
Noun
edit𐰲𐰚𐰚 (čekik)
- lark
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 23
- 𐰲𐰆𐰚:𐱅𐰃𐰭:𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰼
- čekik:etiŋ:qutluɣ:bolzun:tér
- 'Lark! May your flesh enjoy divine favor!', he says.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 23
Alternative forms
editReferences
edit- Tekin, Talât (1993) “ç(ä)k(i)k”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çekik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 415