𐰆

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𐰆 U+10C06, 𐰆
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON O
← 𐰅
 		Old Turkic 𐰇 →

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼇 (w, “waw”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܘ (“waw”).

Letter

𐰆 (u)

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /o/ or /u/.

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ū (“sleep”). Compare Karakhanid اُو (ū, “sleep”), Yakut уу (uu, “sleep”).

Noun

𐰆 (u)

  1. sleep
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E35:
      𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰇𐰏:𐰉𐱃𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰺𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰯𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰍:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰯:𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰆𐰑𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰑𐰢𐰔
      süŋüg:batïmï:qarïɣ:söküpen:kögmen:yïšïɣ:toɣa:yorïp:qïrqïz:bodunuɣ:uda:basdïmïz
      Having opened our way through the lance-deep snow, we marched up over the Sayan Mountains and fell upon the Kyrgyz people while they were asleep.
Related terms

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “u”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ū-dɨ-, *ū-dɨ-k-la-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *u- (“to be able, capable”). Compare Karakhanid اُغَنْ (uɣan, “having power over all things”), Turkish -a-ma- (“not to be able”).

Verb

𐰆 (u-)

  1. to be able, be capable
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 17:
      𐱇𐰽𐰆𐰔:𐰽𐰆𐰉𐰽𐰆𐰔:𐰴𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰆𐰖𐰃𐰣:𐰤𐰲𐰜:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰖𐰃𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      otsuz:subsuz:qaltï:uyïn:nečük:yorïyïn:tér
      How shall I be able (to manage) without water and grass? How shall I walk along? it says.
Derived terms

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “u-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “u-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “u:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*u(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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