𐰢𐰍𐰀
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Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ïmga (“wild mountain goat”). Compare also Mongolian ямаа (jamaa), a Turkic borrowing.
Noun
[edit]𐰢𐰍𐰀 (ïmɣa)
- wild mountain goat
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 49
- 𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰓𐰀:𐰢𐰍𐰴𐰀:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾
- ortu:yérte:ïmɣaqa:soqušmuš
- In an open place it came across a wild goat.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 49
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)mga”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ımğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 158