𐰀𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āč (“hungry, hunger”).

Adjective

𐰀𐰲 (ač /ač/)

  1. hungry, famished
    Antonym: 𐱃𐰸 (t¹q̊¹ /⁠toq⁠/)
    • c. 735 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Bilgä Qaɣan Inscription line 38, facing east:
      𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰀𐰲:𐰼𐱅𐰃
      t²ür²k̥:b¹ud¹n¹:ač:r²t²i
      /Törük bodun ač ärti./
      Turkic people were famished.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āč- (“to hunger”).

Verb

𐰀𐰲 (ač /ač-/)

  1. (intransitive) to be hungry, to be famished
    Antonym: 𐱃𐰆𐰑 (tod-)
    • c. 735 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Bilgä Qaɣan Inscription line 6, facing north:
      𐰾𐰤:𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰺:𐱃𐰆𐰽𐰴:𐰇𐰢𐰔:𐰾𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐱃𐰆𐰑𐰽𐰺:𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴:𐰇𐰢𐰔:𐰾𐰤
      s²n²:ačs²r¹:t¹us¹q:ümz:s²n²:b²ir²:t¹ud¹s¹r¹:ačs²q:ümz:s²n²
      /Sän ačsar todsïq ömäz, sän bir todsar ačsïq ömäz sän. […] /
      When you are famished, you do not think of being full, [likewise,] you do not think of hunger once you get full [either.]
Derived terms

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:ç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “āč, āč-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
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