Old Turkic

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tur- (to stand). Cognate with Chuvash тӑр (tăr), Khalaj turmaq, Turkish durmak, Uzbek turmoq, Bashkir тороу (torow), Yakut тур (tur).

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𐱃𐰆𐰺 (tur-)

  1. (intransitive) to stand, stay, continue to exist
    • 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
  2. (intransitive) to rise
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 15
      𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰔:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃
      üze:tuman:turdï:asra:toz:tur
      The fog was hanging above (and) the dust was rising below
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tōr- (to become lean).

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𐱃𐰆𐰺 (tor-)

  1. (intransitive) to become lean, be emaciated, become exhausted
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S9
      𐰦𐰀:𐰴𐰞𐰢𐱁𐰃:𐰘𐰃𐰼:𐰽𐰖𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰇𐰠𐰇:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰼𐱅𐰏
      anta:qalmïšï:yér:sayu:qop:toru:ölü:yorïyur:ertig
      (Of you,) those who survived there, utterly exhausted, were marching in all directions.
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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “tor-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 384
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tu:r-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 530
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Tōr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill