𐰆

𐰆 U+10C06, 𐰆 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON O ← 𐰅 [U+10C05] Old Turkic 𐰇 → [U+10C07]

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼇 (w, “waw”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܘ (“waw”).

Letter

𐰆 (u)

1. A letter of the Orkhon script

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ū (“sleep”).

Noun

𐰆 (u /u/)

1. sleep
   • c. 732 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Kül Tegin Inscription eastern side, line 35:

     𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰇𐰏:𐰉𐱃𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰺𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰯𐰤:𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰍:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰯:𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰆𐰑𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰑𐰢𐰔

     s²üŋüg:b¹t¹mi:qr¹ǧ:s²ükpn²:kügmn²:y²išǧ:t¹uǧa:y¹ur¹ip:q̊²ir¹qz:b¹ud¹n¹ǧ:ud¹a:b¹s¹d¹mz

     /Süŋüg batïmï qarïɣ söküpän, Kögmän Yïšïɣ tuɣa yorïp Qïrqïz Bodunuɣ uda basdïmïz./

     Having carved our way through the lance-deep snow, we marched up over the Sayan Mountains and ambushed the Kyrgyz in [their] sleep.

Declension

Declension of 𐰆

Note: Not all forms are attested.
nominative	𐰆 (u)
dative	𐰆𐰴𐰀 (uqa)
accusative	𐰆𐰍 (uǧ)
locative	𐰆𐰑𐰀 (ud¹a)
ablative	𐰆𐰑𐰃𐰣 (ud¹in¹)
instrumental	𐰆𐰣 (un¹)
equative	𐰆𐰲𐰀 (uča)
directive	𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰆 (uǧr¹u)
similative	𐰆𐰞𐰖𐰆 (ul¹y¹u)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *u- (“to be able, capable”).

Verb

𐰆 (u /u-/)

1. to be able, to be capable

Derived terms

• 𐰆𐰢𐰀 (uma /⁠uma-⁠/, “to be unable”)

Further reading

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “u:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “u:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “o/o:/u/u:”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68, 74
• Tekin, Talât (1968), A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27
• Tekin, Talât (1968), “u”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389
• Tekin, Talât (1968), “u-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 389