𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *sïŋar (“a half”).
Noun
edit𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺 (sïŋar)
- a half
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E32
- 𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰏:𐰉𐰺𐰴𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰉𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁𐰏𐰠𐰃:𐰚𐰠𐱅𐰃
- sïŋar:süsi:ebig:barqïɣ:yulɣalï:bardï:sïŋar:süsi:süŋüšgeli:kelti
- One half of their army marched off in order to plunder our residences, the other half of their army came in order to fight.
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E32
References
edit- Tekin, Talât (1968) “siŋar”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 368
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sıŋa:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 840