𐰑𐰺𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adrïl- (“to be separated”), passive form of *adïr- (“to separate”). Cognate with Turkish ayrılmak.

Verb

𐰑𐰺𐰞 (adrïl-)

1. (intransitive) to separate from
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S12:

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰴𐰣𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐰘𐰤:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲𐰑𐰀:𐰑𐰺𐰡𐰃:𐰴𐰣𐰞𐰦𐰃

     türük:bodun:qanïn:bulmayïn:tabɣačda:adrïltï:qanlantï

     Without having found their khan, the Turkic people were parted from the Chinese, and got themselves a khan.

Related terms

• 𐰑𐰨𐰃𐰍 (adïnčïɣ, “extraordinary”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “adrïl-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏrıl-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 68