𐰴𐰆𐰕𐰍𐰆𐰣

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Common Turkic *kuzgun (raven). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (quzɣun, raven), Karakhanid قُزْغوُنْ (quzɣūn, raven), Turkish kuzgun (raven), Uzbek kuzg'un, Bashkir ҡоҙғон (qoźğon, raven), Tuvan кускун (kuskun).

Noun

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𐰴𐰆𐰕𐰍𐰆𐰣 (quzɣun)

  1. raven
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54
      𐰴𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐰋𐰏𐰃𐰭𐰼𐰇:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰤𐰇𐰼:𐰴𐰆𐰔𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺𐰆𐰺
      qul:sabï:begiŋerü:ötünür:quzɣun:sabï:teŋrigerü:yalbarur
      The slave's words are a request to his master; the raven's words are a prayer to heaven.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “kuzgun”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kuzğu:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 682