𐰿

𐰿 U+10C3F, 𐰿 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON ASH ← 𐰾 [U+10C3E] Old Turkic 𐱀 → [U+10C40]

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Letter

𐰿 (š̥)

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

Etymology 2

Uncertain, possibly borrowed from Middle Persian [script needed] (āš), from Avestan 𐬁𐬯𐬀 (āsa) or inherited from Proto-Turkic *(i)aĺ (“meal, food”). Cognate with Turkish aş, Azerbaijani aş, Bashkir аш (aş), Yakut ас (as).

Noun

𐰿 (aš)

1. meal, dish
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E26

     𐰃𐰲𐰼𐰀:𐱁𐰽𐰔:𐱃𐱁𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰣𐰽𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢

     ičre:ašsïz:tašra:tonsuz:yabïz:yablaq:bodunta:üze:olurtum

     I ruled over a poor and miserable people who were foodless on the inside and clothless on the outside.

Alternative forms

• 𐱁 (aš)

Derived terms

• 𐰽𐰣 (ašan-, “to be fed”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ašsïz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 304
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 253
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)aĺ, *(i)aĺ-a-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill