𐰑𐰍

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adïg (bear). Cognate with Turkish ayı (bear), Uzbek ayiq (bear), Bashkir айыу (ayıw, bear), Tuvan адыг (adıg, bear), Khakas азығ (azığ, bear).

Noun

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𐰑𐰍 (adïɣ)

  1. bear
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 6
      𐰑𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰔𐰞𐰃:𐰀𐰺𐱃:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾
      adïɣlï:toŋuzlï:art:üze:soqušmïš
      A bear and a boar met on a mountain pass.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)d(ı)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45