𐰏𐰼𐰃

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *egri (crooked, bent) from *egir- (to spin), equivalent to 𐰏𐰼 (egir-, to turn) +‎ 𐰃 (-i). Cognate with Turkish eğri.

Adjective

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𐰏𐰼𐰃 (egri)

  1. crooked, bent
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IIS3-4:
      𐰆𐰞:𐰘𐰼𐱅𐰀:𐰋𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸:𐱅𐰏𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰜:𐰇𐰲𐰤:𐰽𐰺𐰍:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰇𐰼𐰭:𐰜𐰇𐰢𐰾:𐰶𐰃𐰔:𐰸𐰆𐰑𐰔:𐰏𐰼𐰃:𐱅𐰋𐰃:𐰍𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰾𐰔:𐰚𐰠𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰃
      ol:yérte:ben:bilge:tońuquq:tegürtük:üčün:sarïɣ:altun:ürüŋ:kümüš:qïz:qoduz:egri:tebe:aɣï:buŋsuz:kelürti
      Now, since I, wise Tonyukuk, cause (the Turkic armies) to reach as far as those lands, they brought (home) the yellow gold and the white silver; girls and women; crooked camels and treasures in abundance.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ägri”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “egri: teve:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 115