𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *bẹrü (“hitherward”), equivalent to 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hitherward”) +‎ 𐰘𐰀 (-ye). Cognate with Turkish beri.

Adverb

𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye)

1. south, southward
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S6-7

     𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀:𐰲𐰆𐰍𐰖:𐰘𐰃𐱁:𐱅𐰇𐰏𐰠𐱅𐰤:𐰖𐰔𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐰣𐰖𐰃𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰾𐰼:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰇𐰠𐰾𐰚𐰏

     bériye:čoɣay:yïš:tögültün:yazï:qonayïn:téser:türük:bodun:ölsikig

     If you intend to settle on the Yin mountains and on the Tögültün plain in the south, O Turkic people, you will die!

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

	𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰖𐰀 (yïrya) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰑𐰣 (yïrdïn) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰆 (yïrɣaru)
𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰖𐰀 (qurya) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰣 (qurdïn) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰍𐰺𐰆 (qurɣaru) 𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰼𐰀 (késre)		𐰇𐰭𐰓𐰤 (öŋdin) 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (ilgerü) 𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀 (öŋre)
	𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye) 𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin) 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü)

Related terms

• 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hitherward”)
• 𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin, “southward”)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü, “southward”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “biriyä”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 315
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bérye:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 370
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bEr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill