𐰸

𐰸 U+10C38, 𐰸 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OQ ← 𐰷 [U+10C37] Old Turkic 𐰹 → [U+10C39]

See also: 𐰹

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Pictogram of an arrow, compare Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”), whence Etymology 2.

Letter

𐰸 (q̊¹)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /uq/, /oq/, /qu/, /qo/, used with back vowels.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 71 and 75

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”). Cognate with Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), Turkish ok, Uzbek oʻq, Bashkir уҡ (uq), Yakut ох (oq).

Noun

𐰸 (oq)

1. arrow
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E36:

     𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰏:𐰸𐰣:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰃:𐰚𐰃:𐰼𐰏:𐰆𐰑:𐱁𐰺𐰆:𐰽𐰨𐰓𐰃

     bir:erig:oqun:urtï:eki:erig:ud:ašru:sančdï

     He hit one man with an arrow and stabbed two men through their thighs.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “oq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 358
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ok”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōk (“tribe”). Cognate with Chuvash йӑх (jăh).

Noun

𐰸 (oq)

1. (anthropology) tribe, clan

   Synonyms: 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš), 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz), 𐰉𐰆𐰑 (bod)

   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IE2:

     𐰆𐰣:𐰸:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰃:𐰖𐰍𐰢𐰔:𐰼𐱅𐰃

     on:oq:qaɣanï:yaɣïmïz:erti

     The khagan of the Ten Tribes was our enemy.

Derived terms

• 𐰆𐰍𐰞 (oɣul, “child”)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣 (oɣlan, “children”)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐱃 (oɣlït, “children”)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰴 (oɣlaq, “yeanling”)
• 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš, “family”)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz, “tribe”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “oq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 358
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 4

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ök (“emphatic particle”).

Postposition

𐰸 (oq)

1. Alternative form of 𐰜 (ök) after back vowels