𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣

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Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bodun (people, nation), possibly equivalent to 𐰉𐰆𐰑 (bod, stature; tribe) +‎ 𐰣 (-an, plural suffix) +‎ 𐰤 ().

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣 (bodun)

  1. people, nation, population, ordinary people
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 53
      𐰉𐰆𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰃𐱃:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰑𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰆𐰣:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰑𐰃
      boz:bulït:yorïdï:bodun:üze:yaɣdï
      A gray cloud passed; it rained over people.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bodun”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 317
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “bodun”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “boḏun”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 306
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bodun”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill