𐰋𐰼
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ebir- (“to turn”). Cognate with Chuvash авӑр (avăr), Turkish evirmek.
Verb[edit]
𐰋𐰼 (ebir-)
- (transitive) to turn
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E25:
- 𐰱𐰏𐰼𐱅𐰢:𐰴𐰞𐰭𐰤:𐰋𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰠𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰢
- ičgertim:qalïŋïn:ebirü:kelürtüm
- I subjugated them and caused (their tribute) to be brought around.
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “äbir-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 324
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “evir-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 14