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Old Turkic
Etymology 1
Derived from Sogdian 𐼙 (š, “shin”) ultimately from Classical Syriac ܫ (“shin”).
Letter
𐱁 (š)
- A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ʃ/.
References
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹĺ- (“to walk, to trot”). Cognate with Chuvash ишме (išme), Turkish eşmek, Yakut ис (is).
Verb
𐱁 (eš-)
- (intransitive) to trot, amble
9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 2:𐰀𐰞𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰢𐰤:𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤- āla:atlïɣ:yol:teŋri:men:yarïn:kéče:ešür:men
- I am the road god with a dappled horse. (Early) in the morning and (late) in the evening I amble along.
Derived terms
References
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “(ä)ş-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “eş-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 255
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹĺ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄ĺ (friend, companion, mate). Cognate with Turkish eş (spouse, match), Tuvan эш (eş, “friend”).
Noun
𐱁 (éš)
- friend, comrade
8th–10th century CE, Begre (e-11), B5:𐰦𐰞𐰍:𐰑𐰽𐰢:𐰀:𐰦𐰽𐰃𐰔𐰑:𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐱁𐰢:𐰀:𐰑𐰺𐰞𐰑𐰢:𐰀- antlïɣ:adašïm:a:antsïzïm:a:edgü:éšim:a:adrïldïm:a
- O my sworn and unsworn comrades, o my good companion! I departed!
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “esi”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 331
- Károly, László, Rentzsch, Julian, editors (2017), A Database of Turkic Runiform Insciptions, Uppsala: Department of Linguistics and Philology
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “é:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 253
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹ̄ĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill