𐰲

𐰲 U+10C32, 𐰲 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON EC ← 𐰱 [U+10C31] Old Turkic 𐰳 → [U+10C33]

See also: 𐰳

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼗 (c, “sadhe”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܨ (“sadhe”).

Letter

𐰲 (č)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /t͡ʃ/.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ç”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
• Tekin, Talât (1968), A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ač- (“to open”). Cognate with Chuvash уҫ (uś), Khalaj haçmaq, Turkish aç- (“to open”), Uzbek ochmoq, Bashkir асыу (asıw), Yakut ас (as).

Verb

𐰲 (č /ač-/)

1. (transitive) to open

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968), “ač-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
• M. Kh Abuseitova, B. Bukhatuly, editors (2008), “𐰀𐰲 [ač]”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “aç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18
• Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ač-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill