𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰤

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Old Turkic

Etymology

According to Kashgari, derived from Common Turkic *irk- (to gather).[1] Clauson doubts this, however he also states that, if true, the original meaning may have been "convener".[2] Tezcan suggests a derivation from 𐰼 (er, man), however there is a vowel mismatch.

Noun

𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰤 (érkin)

  1. a title
    • 7th century CE, Çoyr Inscription, line 3:
      𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰘𐰏𐰤:𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰤
      tun:yégen:érkin
      Tun Yegen Erkin.

Descendants

  • Middle Chinese: 頡斤, 俟斤

References

  1. ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 108
  2. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “irkin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225