𐰇𐰯𐰏𐰇𐰚

Old Turkic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic (cfr. English hoopoe).

Noun

𐰇𐰯𐰏𐰇𐰚 (üpgük)

1. hoopoe
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 21

     𐰴𐰺𐰃⁚𐰇𐰯𐰏𐰇𐰚⁚𐰖𐰃𐰞⁚𐰖𐰺𐰆𐰢𐰔𐰴𐰣⁚𐱅𐰓𐰃

     qarï:üpgük:yïl:yarumazqan:etdi

     An old hoopoe sang before (the new) year dawned

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “üpgük”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67a
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “üpgük”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 9a