𐰜

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𐰜 U+10C1C, 𐰜
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OEK
← 𐰛
 		Old Turkic 𐰝 →
See also: 𐰝

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Letter

𐰜 (k̥)

  1. (Orkhon Turkic) A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /yk/, /øk/, /ky/, /kø/ used with front vowels.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ök (“emphatic particle”).

Postposition

𐰜 (ök)

  1. emphatic particle
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, W7
      𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰾𐰃:𐰲𐰉𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰤:𐰜:𐰼𐱅𐰢
      bilgesi:čabšï:ben:ök:ertim
      I, myself, was his advisor and commander.
Usage notes
  1. Adheres to the vowel harmony of the word that comes before it.
    ‎𐰉𐰺 (bar, “there is”) + ‎𐰜 (k̥) → ‎𐰉𐰺:𐰸 (bar:ok, “there certainly is”)
  2. In certain instances where a word ends in a vowel, it might turn into a suffix 𐰚- (-k).
    ‎𐰇𐰠𐰼 (ölür-, “to kill”) + ‎𐰜 (k̥) → ‎𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰲𐰃𐰚 (ölürteçik, “He/she/it will certainly kill”)
Alternative forms

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ök”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 363
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
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