𐰚𐰠𐰤

Old Turkic

FWOTD – 7 October 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gẹlin (“bride, daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Azerbaijani gəlin, Turkish gelin, Kazakh келін (kelın), Bashkir килен (kilen, “daughter-in-law”), etc.

Noun

𐰚𐰠𐰤 (kelin)

1. daughter-in-law

   • 8th-9th century CE, Uyk-Turan (e-3), a Yenisey insciption:

     𐰴𐰣𐰢 𐱅𐰇𐰠𐰋𐰼𐰃 𐰴𐰺𐰀 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏 𐰴𐰑𐱁𐰢 𐰾𐰔𐰢𐰀 𐰠𐰾𐰢𐰼 𐰇𐰏𐱁𐰼 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣𐰼 𐰚𐰇𐰓𐰏𐰇𐰠𐰼𐰢 𐰴𐰃𐰔 𐰚𐰠𐰤𐰠𐰼𐰢 𐰋𐰶𐰢𐰓𐰢

     aqanïm : Tölberi : qara : budun : Külüg : qadašïm : esizime : еlіšim er : ögüš er : oγulan er : ködügülerim : qïz : kelinlerim : bökümedim

     relative of Tölberi, people and kinfolk of Külüg, were left without a patron. The men Elіšim, Ögüš, Oγulan, my sons-in-law, daughters, my daughters-in-law, I couldn't stay [with you].

References

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gẹlin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰚𐰠𐰤”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan