𐰴𐰺𐰀
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kara (“black”). Cognate with Chuvash хура (hura), Khalaj qara, Turkish kara, Uzbek qora, Bashkir ҡара (qara), Yakut хара (qara). Compare also Mongolian хар (xar).
Adjective[edit]
𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)
- black
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 53
- 𐰴𐰺𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰃𐱃:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰑𐰃:𐰴𐰢𐰍:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰑𐰃
- qara:bulït:yorïdï:qamaɣ:üze:yaɣdï
- A black cloud passed; it rained over everything.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 53
- poor
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 63
- 𐰴𐰺𐰀:𐰴𐰢𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰼𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼
- qara:qamaɣ:süsi:ögirer:tér
- All his poor soldiers rejoice, it says.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 63
See also[edit]
| 𐰀𐰴 (āq), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ) | 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz) | 𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara) |
| 𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (qïzïl), 𐰞 (al) | 𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (yaɣïz), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz) | 𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ) |
| 𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl) | ||
| 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök) | ||
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “qara”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 643
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “k(a)ra”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 56
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kara”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 233
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kara”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill