𐰖𐰃𐱁

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *jïĺ. Compare Karakhanid [script needed] (yïš), Kyrgyz жыш (jış), Yakut сис (sis).

Noun

𐰖𐰃𐱁 (y¹iš /yïš/)

1. wooded mountain

   Synonym: 𐱃𐰍 (t¹ǧ /⁠taɣ⁠/)

   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS8

     𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰽𐰍𐰀𐰺𐰆:𐰆𐰑𐰔𐱅𐰢

     üt²kn²:y²is¹ǧar¹u:ud¹zt²m

     /ötüken:yïšɣaru:uduztïm/

     I lead them toward the Ötüken mountains.

   • 8th century CE, Kultegin Inscription, E35

     𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰃𐰤⁚𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀⁚𐰽𐰆𐰭𐰀⁚𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰑𐰀⁚𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁𐰓𐰢𐰔

     qǧn¹in²:b²ir²l²a:s¹uŋa:y²išd¹a:s²üŋšd²mz

     /qaɣanïn:birle:suŋa:yïšda:süŋüšdimiz/

     We fought with their kagan at the Songa mountains.

Alternative forms

• 𐰘𐰃𐰾 (y²is² /⁠yiš⁠/) (Irk Bitig)
• 𐰘𐰃𐱁 (y²iš /⁠yïš⁠/) (Orkhon Inscriptions)
• 𐰖𐰃𐰽 (y¹is¹ /⁠yïš⁠/) (Tonyukuk Inscription)
• 𐰘𐰃𐰽 (y²is¹ /⁠yïš⁠/) (Tonyukuk Inscription)
• 𐰖𐰃𐰾 (y¹is² /⁠yïš⁠/)

Derived terms

• 𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (Ötüken Yïš, “Ötüken Mountains”)
• 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (Altun Yïš, “Altai Mountains”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yïs”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 403
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “yiş”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 69
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yı:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 976
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jɨĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill