𐰺𐰞𐰃
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editUncertain, possibly derived from Common Turkic *āra whence 𐰺𐰀 (ara), Clauson suggests a loanword from an unknown language.
Adjective
edit𐰺𐰞𐰃 (aralï)
- with a specific interval, branched, forked
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60
- 𐱃𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰔:𐰺𐰞𐰃:𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚:𐰢𐰤
- toquz:aralï:sïɣun:kéyik:men
- I am a male maral deer with a nine-branched horn.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 60
References
edit- Tekin, Talât (1993) “arlı”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aralı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 230