𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰣
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yï̄lan (“snake”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫӗлен (śĕlen), Khalaj yilân, Turkish yılan (“snake”), Uzbek ilon, Bashkir йылан (yılan), Tuvan чылан (çılan).
Noun[edit]
𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰣 (yïlan)
- snake
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 8
- 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰉𐰽𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰣:𐰢𐰤
- altun:bašlïɣ:yïlan:men
- I am a golden-headed snake.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 8
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “yıl(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 69
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yıla:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 930
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jɨ̄l-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill