𐰴𐰆𐰉𐰃
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Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kobï. Cognate with Turkish kof, kovuk.
Adjective
[edit]𐰴𐰆𐰉𐰃 (qobï)
- empty, nonexistent
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 36
- 𐰴𐰆𐰉𐰃:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰨𐰃𐰭:𐰖𐰆𐰸
- qobï:atlïɣ:qorqïnčïŋ:yoq
- (However), you are not afraid of having no reputation.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 36
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1993) “kobı”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 56
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kof”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kovı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 581
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kobu-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill