𐰢𐰍𐰀

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ïmga (“wild mountain goat”). Compare also Mongolian ямаа (jamaa), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun[edit]

𐰢𐰍𐰀 (ïmɣa)

  1. wild mountain goat
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 49
      𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰓𐰀:𐰢𐰍𐰴𐰀:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾
      ortu:yérte:ïmɣaqa:soqušmuš
      In an open place it came across a wild goat.

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)mga”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ımğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 158
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