𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰇𐰼

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *yügür- (“to run”). Cognate with Azerbaijani yüyürmək (“to run”), Uzbek yugurmoq, Bashkir йүгереү (yügerew), Tuvan чүгүрер (çügürer).

Verb

𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰇𐰼 (yügür-)

1. (intransitive) to run
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 15:

     𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐰆𐰍𐰃:𐰆𐰲𐰀:𐰀𐰔𐱃𐰃:𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰇𐰼𐰇:'𐰔𐱃𐰃:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰖𐰆:𐰀𐰔𐱃𐰃

     quš:oɣlï:uča:āztï:kéyik:oɣlï:yügürü:āztï:kiši:oɣlï:yorïyu:āztï

     The young birds lost their way flying, the young deer lost their way running and the children lost their way walking..

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yügür-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 408
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “yügür-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 69
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yügür-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 914
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jügür-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill