𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰽
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kamïĺ (“reed”). Cognate with Chuvash хӑмӑл (hămăl), Turkish kamış, Uzbek qamish, Bashkir ҡамыш (qamış), Yakut хамыс (qamıs).
Noun[edit]
𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰽 (qamïš)
- reed
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 38
- 𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰽:𐰀𐰺𐰀:𐰴𐰞𐰢𐰃𐰾
- qamïš:ara:qalmïš
- (A slave girl) remained (alone) among the reeds.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 38
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “k(a)mış”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kamış”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 628
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kamɨĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill