𐰆𐰞𐰺
Old Turkic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *olur- (“to sit”). Cognate with Chuvash лар (lar), Turkish oturmak, Uzbek oʻtirmoq, Bashkir ултырыу (ultırıw), Yakut олор (olor).
Verb
𐰆𐰞𐰺 (olur-)
- (transitive and intransitive) to sit, to settle
- (intransitive) to rule, to be throned
- 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍:𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤 (Yollïġ Tégin), Kül Tégin Inscription E.26:
- 𐰃𐰲𐰼𐰀:𐱁𐰽𐰔:𐱃𐱁𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰣𐰽𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢
- ičr²a:šs¹z:t¹šr¹a:t¹un¹s¹z:y¹b¹z:y¹b¹l¹q:b¹ud¹nta:üza:ul¹r¹t¹m
- /İčre ašsïz, tašra tonsuz yabïz yablaḳ bodunta üze olurtum./
- I ruled over a poor and miserable people who were starving and ragless.
- 𐰃𐰲𐰼𐰀:𐱁𐰽𐰔:𐱃𐱁𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰣𐰽𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢
- (intransitive) to rule, to be throned
Derived terms
- 𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃 (olurt-, “to make sit, to make settle”)
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “olur-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 150
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “olur-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 359