𐰆
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Old Turkic
Etymology 1
Derived from Sogdian 𐼇 (w, “waw”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܘ (“waw”).
Letter
𐰆 (u)
- A letter of the Orkhon script
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ū (“sleep”).
Noun
𐰆 (u /u/)
- sleep
- c. 732 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Kül Tegin Inscription eastern side, line 35:[1]
- 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰇𐰏:𐰉𐱃𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰺𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰯𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰍:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰯:𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰆𐰑𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰑𐰢𐰔
- s²üŋüg:b¹t¹mi:qr¹ǧ:s²ükpn²:kügmn²:y²išǧ:t¹uǧa:y¹ur¹ip:q̊²ir¹qz:b¹ud¹n¹ǧ:ud¹a:b¹s¹d¹mz
- /Süŋüg batïmï qarïɣ söküpän, Kögmän Yïšïɣ tuɣa yorïp Qïrqïz Bodunuɣ uda basdïmïz./
- Having carved our way through the lance-deep snow, we marched up over the Sayan Mountains and ambushed the Kyrgyz in [their] sleep.
- 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰇𐰏:𐰉𐱃𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰺𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰯𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰍:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰯:𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰆𐰑𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰑𐰢𐰔
Declension
| Note: Not all forms are attested. | |
|---|---|
| nominative | 𐰆 (u) |
| dative | 𐰆𐰴𐰀 (uqa) |
| accusative | 𐰆𐰍 (uǧ) |
| locative | 𐰆𐰑𐰀 (ud¹a) |
| ablative | 𐰆𐰑𐰃𐰣 (ud¹in¹) |
| instrumental | 𐰆𐰣 (un¹) |
| equative | 𐰆𐰲𐰀 (uča) |
| directive | 𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰆 (uǧr¹u) |
| similative | 𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰆 (ul¹y¹u) |
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *u- (“to be able, capable”).
Verb
𐰆 (u /u-/)
Derived terms
- 𐰆𐰢𐰀 (uma /uma-/, “to be unable”)
References
Further reading
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “u:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “u:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2
- Clauson, Gerard (1972), “o/o:/u/u:”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68, 74
- Tekin, Talât (1968), A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27
- Tekin, Talât (1968), “u”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389
- Tekin, Talât (1968), “u-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389