𐰶𐰃𐱁

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïĺ (“winter”). Cognate with Chuvash хӗл (hĕl), Turkish kış (“winter”), Khalaj qış, Uzbek kish, Bashkir ҡыш (qış), Yakut кыһын (kıhın).

Noun

𐰶𐰃𐱁 (qïš)

1. winter
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S2

     𐰆𐱃𐰔:𐰺𐱃𐰸𐰃:𐰾𐰚𐰔:𐰖𐱁𐰢𐰀:𐰶𐰃𐱁𐰣:𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪:𐱃𐰯𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢

     otuz:artuqï:sekiz:yašïma:qïšïn:qïtań:tapa:süledim

     At the age of thirty-eight, in winter, I went on a campaign against the Khitan Empire.

Derived terms

• 𐰶𐰃𐱁𐰣 (qïšïn, “during winter”)
• 𐰴𐰃𐰽𐰞𐰍 (qïšlaɣ, “winter quarters”)

See also

Seasons in Old Turkic (layout · text) · category
𐰖𐰔 (yaz, “spring”)	𐰖𐰖 (yay, “summer”)	𐰚𐰇𐰔 (küz, “autumn”)	𐰶𐰃𐱁 (qïš, “winter”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qïš”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 345
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kış”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 670
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill