𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *togan. Cognate with Turkish doğan, Pecheneg towan.

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰣 (toɣan)

1. falcon
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 4

     𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭:𐰾𐰼𐰃:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐰢𐰤:𐰲𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰣:𐰃𐰍𐰲:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     ürüŋ:esri:toɣan:kuš:men:čïntan:ïɣač:üze:olurupan:meŋileyür:men

     I am a white-spotted falcon. I enjoy sitting on a sandal-wood tree.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “tog(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 64
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “toğan”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 470
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dogan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill