𐰠𐰏
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *elig (“hand”). Cognate with Chuvash алӑ (ală), Turkish el (“hand”), Uzbek ilik, Yakut илии (ilii).
Noun[edit]
𐰠𐰏 (elig)
- (anatomy) hand
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 63
- 𐰴𐰣:𐰠𐰏𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰢𐰃𐰾
- qan:eligin:tutmïš
- The khan caught it with (his) hand.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 63
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “älig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “(ä)l(i)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “elig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 140
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*el, -ig”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ellig (“fifty”). Cognate with Chuvash аллă (allă), Khalaj əllig, Turkish elli (“fifty”), Uzbek ellik, Bashkir илле (ille), Khakas иліг (ilìg).
Numeral[edit]
𐰠𐰏 (ellig)
- fifty
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E8
- 𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰠𐰏:𐰘𐰃𐰞:𐰃𐰾𐰏:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰾
- körmiš:ellig:yïl:išig:küčüg:bérmiš
- ...and gave their services and power to him for fifty years.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E8
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “älig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ellig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 141