𐰲𐰆𐰉

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Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC tsyuw, “state, oblast, district”). Compare also Mongolian жүү (žüü), Manchu ᠵᡝᠣ (jeo), Japanese (shū), Korean (ju), Chinese borrowings.

Noun

𐰲𐰆𐰉 (čub)

  1. district, state, area, region, zone
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E31
      𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰲𐰆𐰉:𐰽𐰆𐰍𐰑𐰴:𐱃𐰯𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢𐰔
      altï:čub:soɣdaq:tapa:süledimiz
      We went on a campaign in the direction of six Sogdian states.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “čub”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 324
  • Ölmez, Mehmet (1997). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 7: 175-186.
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çuv”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 394