𐱃𐰆𐰢𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *tuman (“smoke, fog, mist”), equivalent to 𐱃𐰆 (tu-, “to enclose”) +‎ 𐰢𐰣 (-man). Cognate with Turkish duman, Uzbek tuman, Bashkir томан (toman), Yakut туман (tuman). Compare also Russian тума́н (tumán), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰢𐰣 (tuman)

1. smoke, mist, fog
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 15

     𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰔:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃

     üze:tuman:turdï:asra:toz:turdï

     The fog was hanging above (and) the dust was rising below

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “tum(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tuma:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 507