𐰇𐰼𐰛
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ürk- (“to be afraid”). Cognate with Turkish ürkmek, Uzbek hurkmoq, Kyrgyz үркүү (ürküü).
Verb[edit]
𐰇𐰼𐰛 (ürk-)
- (intransitive) to fear
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27
- 𐰉𐰖:𐰼:𐰴𐰆𐰪𐰃:𐰇𐰼𐰚𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾
- bay:er:qońï:ürküpen:barmïš
- A rich man's sheep went away after being frightened.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27
Derived terms[edit]
- 𐰇𐰼𐰚𐱅 (ürküt-, “to scare”)
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “ürk-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ürk-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 221
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ürk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill