𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰑

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Common Turkic *kul (slave, servant), equivalent to 𐰴𐰆𐰞 (qul, (male) slave, servant) +‎ 𐰑 (-ad).

Verb[edit]

𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰑 (qulad-)

  1. (intransitive) to become a male slave, servant
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E13
      𐰘𐱅𐰃𐰘𐰔:𐰼:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰯:𐰠𐰾𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰽𐰺𐰢𐰾:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰚𐰇𐰭𐰓𐰢𐰾:𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰑𐰢𐰾
      yétiyüz:er:bolup:élsiremiš:qaɣansïramïš:bodunuɣ:küŋedmiš:quladmïš
      After they had numbered seven hundred men, (my father, the khagan), organized and ordered the people who had lost their state and khagan, the people that had turned into slaves and servants...

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “qulad-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kulaḏ-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 619