ח𐰂𐰵𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢

Khazar

Alternative readings

Etymology

A regular Oghuric reflex of the Proto-Turkic *okïdïm, a verbal conjugation of *okï-. By surface analysis, *okï- (to read) +‎ *-ti (evidential past tense) +‎ *-im (first person singular verbal suffix).

*-d- > *-r- sound shift is regular in Oghur languages. Compare Chuvash вуларăм (вула-рă-м) (vularăm, "I read.") for the equivalent phrase in a surviving Oghur language.

Verb

ח𐰂𐰵𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢 (haq¹ur¹üm /(h)aqorüm, (h)oqorüm, (h)oqurüm/)

  1. (hapax legomenon, transitive) I have read (first-person singular past tense form of the verb "to read")

Usage notes

This term is the only known attested word in the Khazar language.

This reading of the manuscript, interpreting it as using a ligature of the Hebrew letter ח (h) and the tamgha letter 𐰂 (a), is suggested by Marcel Erdal[1] and thus adopted so here.

References

  1. ^ Golden, Peter B., Ben-Shammai, Haggai, Róna-Tas, András (2007) “The World of the Khazars: New Perspectives (Selected Papers from the Jerusalem 1999 International Khazar Colloquium)”, in Handbuch der Orientalistik, Brill, →ISBN