𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

  • 𐰃𐱁𐰏𐰼𐰇 (išgr²ü /⁠išgärü⁠/) (Scribal error?)

Etymology

From 𐰃𐰠 (il² /⁠il⁠/, ?) +‎ -𐰏𐰼𐰇 (-gr²ü /⁠-gärü⁠/, directive suffix).

Adverb

𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (il²gr²ü /ilgärü/)

  1. east, eastward
    • c. 732 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Kül Tegin Inscription line 2, facing south:
      𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰕:𐰆𐰍𐰕:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰃:𐰉𐰆:𐰽𐰉𐰢𐰤:𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃:𐰾𐰃𐰓:𐰴𐱃𐰍𐰑𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰭𐰞𐰀:𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰍𐰺𐰃:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰉𐱃𐰾𐰶𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰃:𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰦𐰀:𐰃𐰲𐰼𐰚𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰯:𐰢𐰭𐰀:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰼:𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:
      t¹q̊¹uz:uǧz:b²gl²r²i:b¹ud¹n¹i:b¹u:s¹b¹mn²:d²güt²i:s²id²:qt¹ǧd¹i:t²iŋl¹a:il²gr²ü:kün²:t¹uǧs¹qa:b²ir²gr²ü:kün²:ur¹t¹us²iŋr¹u:q̊¹ur¹iǧr¹i:kün²:b¹t¹s²q̊²iŋa:y²ir¹ǧr¹i:t²ün²:ur¹t¹us²iŋr¹u:nta:ičr²ki:b¹ud¹n¹:qup:mŋa:kür²r²:b¹unča:b¹ud¹n¹:
      /Toquz-Oɣuz bäglari, budunï! Bu sabïmïn ädgüti ešid, qatïɣdï tïŋla: İlgärü kün-toɣusïqa, bergärü kün-ortasïŋaru, qurïɣaru kün batïsïqïna, yïrïɣaru tün-ortasïŋaru anta ičräki budun qop maŋa ükü ärür bunča budun./
      Overlords and people of Toquz-Oɣuz! Hear these words of mine well, and listen attentively: All the numerable people [all around] follow my heed, eastwards up until sunrise, southwards up until midday, westwards up until sunset and northwards up until midnight.

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ilgerü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 144
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ilgärü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 335