𐰽𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *s(i)ač (“hair”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫӳҫ (śüś), Khalaj saç, Turkish saç (“hair”), Uzbek soch, Bashkir сәс (səs), Yakut ас (as).

Noun

𐰽𐰲 (sač)

1. (anatomy) hair (on head)
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S12

     𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰽𐰲𐰃𐰤:𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰴𐰴𐰃𐰤:𐰖----:𐰉𐰃𐰲𐰑𐰃

     bunča:bodun:sačïn:qulqaqïn:ya...:bïčdï

     This many peoples cut out their hairs and tore their ears.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “sač”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 366
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “saç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 794
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*s(i)ač”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Common Turkic *sạč- (“to scatter”). Cognate with Turkish saçmak (“to scatter”), Uzbek sochmoq, Bashkir сәсеү (səsew), Yakut ыс (ıs). Compare also Mongolian цацах (cacax), Manchu ᠰᡳᠰᠠᠮᠪᡳ (sisambi).

Verb

𐰽𐰲 (sač-)

1. (transitive) to scatter, sprinkle
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 20

     𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭:𐰚𐰇𐰯𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰽𐰲𐰺:𐰢𐰤

     ürüŋ:köpükümin:sačar:men

     I scatter my white froth.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “s(a)ç-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “saç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 794
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sạč-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill