𐰴𐰆𐰕𐰍𐰆𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *kuzgun (“raven”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (quzɣun, “raven”), Karakhanid قُزْغوُنْ (quzɣūn, “raven”), Turkish kuzgun (“raven”), Uzbek kuzg'un, Bashkir ҡоҙғон (qoźğon, “raven”), Tuvan кускун (kuskun).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰕𐰍𐰆𐰣 (quzɣun)

1. raven
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54

     𐰴𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐰋𐰏𐰃𐰭𐰼𐰇:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰤𐰇𐰼:𐰴𐰆𐰔𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺𐰆𐰺

     qul:sabï:begiŋerü:ötünür:quzɣun:sabï:teŋrigerü:yalbarur

     The slave's words are a request to his master; the raven's words are a prayer to heaven.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kuzgun”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuzğu:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 682