𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰸
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editDerived from Proto-Turkic *tōr- (“to become lean”), equivalent to 𐱃𐰆𐰺 (tor-, “to become lean”) + 𐰸 (-uq).
Adjective
edit𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰸 (toruq)
- lean, exhausted
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 16
- 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰸:𐱃:𐰾𐰢𐰼𐰃𐱅𐰃
- toruq:at:semritdi
- A lean horse fattened itself (on a pasture).
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 16
References
edit- Tekin, Talât (1968) “toruq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 384
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “toruk”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
- 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)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill