𐱅𐰢𐰼:𐰴𐰯𐰍
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editFrom 𐱅𐰢𐰼 (temir, “iron”) + 𐰴𐰯𐰍 (qapïɣ, “door, gate”), literally Iron Gate.
Proper noun
edit𐱅𐰢𐰼:𐰴𐰯𐰍 (Temir Qapïɣ)
- the Iron Gate defile
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E2
- 𐱅𐰢𐰺𐰴𐰯𐰍𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐰦𐰺𐰢𐰾
- temirqapïɣqa:tegi:qonturmïš
- ...settled as far as the Iron Gate.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E2
References
edit- Tekin, Talât (1968) “tämir qapïγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 379