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Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *egir- (“to spin”), from Proto-Turkic *eg- (“to bend”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (äŋirmäk), Khalaj heyirmək, Turkish eğirmek, Uzbek yigirmoq. Compare also Mongolian ээрэх (eerex), a Turkic borrowing.
Verb
𐰏𐰼 (egir-)
- (transitive) to spin, surround
8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N5-6:𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰏:𐰽𐰨𐰑𐰃:𐱃𐰸𐰔:𐰼𐰏:𐰏𐰼𐰀:𐱃𐰸𐰃𐰑𐰃- bir:erig:sančdï:toquz:erig:egire:toqïdï
- He stabbed one man (with a lance) and stroke nine men surrounding them.
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “ägir-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “egir-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 113