𐱁𐰑

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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From an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati. Compare also Turkish şah (shah) a borrowing from the same source through Persian شاه (šâh, king).

Noun

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𐱁𐰑 (šad)

  1. Shad, a title, usually considered to be one step below the khagan
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E15
      𐱅𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰢𐰃:𐰖𐱁𐰃𐰢𐰴𐰀:𐱃𐰺𐰑𐰆𐱁:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱁𐰑:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢
      törtyégirmi:yašïmqa:tarduš:bodun:üze:šad:olurtum
      I ruled over the Tardu people as their shad at the age of fourteen.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “šad”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 373
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “şaḏ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 866