𐰲𐰚𐰚

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čekik (“lark, crane”).

Noun

𐰲𐰚𐰚 (čekik)

1. lark
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 23

     𐰲𐰆𐰚:𐱅𐰃𐰭:𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     čekik:etiŋ:qutluɣ:bolzun:tér

     'Lark! May your flesh enjoy divine favor!', he says.

Alternative forms

• 𐰲𐰆𐰚 (čuk) (Irk Bitig, misspelling)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ç(ä)k(i)k”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çekik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 415