𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *keyik (“deer”). Cognate with Chuvash кайӑк (kajăk, “bird”), Turkish geyik, Uzbek kiyik, Khakas киик (kiik).
Noun[edit]
𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚 (kéyik)
- herbivorous wild animals, game, prey, deer
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 31
- 𐰉𐰺𐰽:𐰚𐰃𐰘𐰃𐰚:𐰭𐰚𐰀:𐰢𐰭𐰚𐰀:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾
- bars:kéyik:eŋke:meŋke:barmïš
- A tiger went to look for game and prey.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 31
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “keyik”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 350
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “kiyik”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 58
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kéyik”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 755
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gejik”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill