𐰢𐰍𐰀

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ïmga (wild mountain goat).[1] Compare also Mongolian ямаа (jamaa), a Turkic borrowing. Cognate with Turkish ime (mountain goat).[2]

Noun

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𐰢𐰍𐰀 (ïmɣa)

  1. wild mountain goat
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 49[3]
      𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰓𐰀:𐰢𐰍𐰴𐰀:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾
      ortu:yérte:ïmɣaqa:soqušmuš
      In an open place it came across a wild goat.

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ımğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 158
  2. ^ “ime”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
  3. ^ Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)mga”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47