𐰖𐰍𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yagu- (“to approach”).

Verb

𐰖𐰍𐰆 (yaɣu-)

1. (intransitive) to join
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IW5

     𐰖𐰍𐰞:𐱅𐰃𐰓𐰃

     yaɣuɣïl:tédi

     'Join me!' he said.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yaγ-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 395
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yağu:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 898
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jAk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill