𐰲𐰆𐰺

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Old Turkic

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly borrowed from Middle Chinese (MC tswit|tshwot|tswot, “soldier”).

Noun

𐰲𐰆𐰺 (čor)

  1. (military) Chor, a title
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscriptions, E32
      𐰭:𐰠𐰚𐰃:𐱃𐰑𐰴𐰣:𐰲𐰆𐰺𐰭:𐰉𐰆𐰔:𐱃𐰍:𐰋𐰃𐰤𐰯:𐱅𐰏𐰓𐰃
      eŋ:ilki:tadïqïn:čorïŋ:boz:atïɣ:binip:tegdi
      Very first, he mounted Tadıq Chor's gray horse and attacked.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “čor”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 323
  • Ölmez, Mehmet (1997). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 7: 175-186.
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ço:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 427