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Old Turkic
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Turkic *alk- (“to finish, to complete, to destroy”), equivalent to 𐰞𐰴 (alq-, “to finish, to complete”) + 𐰆 (-u). Cognate with Old Uyghur “lxw (alqu).
Pronoun
𐰞𐰴𐰆 (alqu)
- everyone
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 66
𐰨𐰯:𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐰚𐰤𐱅𐰇:𐰇𐰠𐰇𐰏𐰃:𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰏:𐰆𐰞- ančïp:alqu:kentü:ülügi:erklig:ol
- Thus, everyone is master of his own fate.
References
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)lku”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alku:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 137