𐰖
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See also: 𐰗
Old Turkic
Etymology 1
Pictogram of a bow, compare Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”).
Letter
𐰖 (y¹)
- A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /j/, used with back vowels.
Descendants
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “y¹”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 70 and 75
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Cognate with Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh), Khalaj hây, Turkish ay (“moon, month”), Uzbek oy, Bashkir ай (ay), Yakut ый (ıy).
Noun
𐰖 (ay)
- (astronomy) moon
- month
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 59
- 𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰖𐰃𐰑𐰃𐱃𐰢𐰖𐰃𐰣:𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰺𐱃𐰀𐱃𐰢𐰖𐰃𐰣
- yïlqa:tegmišig:yïdïtmayïn:ayqa:tegmišig:artatmayïn
- I will not make one that has reached (the stage of) a year stink, (or) one that has reached (the stage of) a month go bad.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 59
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “ay”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)y”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 265
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*āń(k)”, 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 *āy- (“to say, to tell”). Cognate with Chuvash ыйт (yjt), Khalaj hâymaq, Turkish ayıtmak, Uzbek aytmoq, Bashkir әйтеү (əytew), Yakut ый (ıy).
Verb
𐰖 (ay-)
- (transitive) to tell, to declare, to order
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IN7
- 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸𐰀:𐰉𐰭𐰀:𐰖𐰑𐰃
- bilge:tońuquq:baŋa:aydï
- He ordered me, Bilge Tonyukuk, (as follows):..
- 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IN7
Derived terms
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “ay-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ay-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 266
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạj-ɨt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill