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Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *üŕ- (“to break, tear, demolish”). Cognate with Khalaj hüzmək, Turkish üzmek (“to tear; to upset”), Uzbek uzmoq, Bashkir өҙөү (öźöw).
Verb
𐰇𐰕 (üz-)
- (transitive) to break, tear
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS6-7
𐰖𐰆𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰏:𐱅𐰆𐰯𐰞𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰆𐰲𐰔:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰘𐰨𐰏𐰀:𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰏:𐰇𐰔𐰏𐰠𐰃:𐰆𐰲𐰔:𐰖𐰆𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐰴𐰞𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰾𐰺:𐱃𐰆𐰯𐰞𐰍𐰆𐰞𐰸:𐰞𐰯:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰘𐰨𐰏𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰽𐰺:𐰇𐰔𐰏𐰠𐰜:𐰞𐰯:𐰼𐰢𐰾- yuyqa:erklig:tupulɣalï:učuz:ermiš:yinčge:erklig:üzgeli:učuz:yuyqa:qalïn:bolsar:tupulɣuluq:alp:ermiš:yinčge:yoɣun:bolsar:üzgülük:alp:ermiš
- That which is thin is easy to bend, they say; that which is tender is easy to break. If thin becomes thick, it is hard to bend it, they say; and if tender becomes tough, it is hard to break it, they say.
Derived terms
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “üz-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 394
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üz-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 279
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*üŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill