𐰆


𐰆 U+10C06, 𐰆
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON O
𐰅
[U+10C05]
Old Turkic 𐰇
[U+10C07]

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼇 (w, waw), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܘ (waw).

Letter

𐰆 (u)

  1. A letter of the Orkhon script

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic (sleep).

Noun

𐰆 (u /u/)

  1. 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.
Declension
Declension of 𐰆
Note: Not all forms are attested.
nominative 𐰆 (u)
dative 𐰆𐰴𐰀 (uqa)
accusative 𐰆𐰍 ()
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-/)

  1. to be able, to be capable
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