𐰆𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *uč-. Compare Turkish uçmak, Uzbek uchmoq, Kyrgyz учуу (ucuu), Tuvan ужар (ujar).

Verb

𐰆𐰲 (uč /uč-/)

  1. (intransitive) to fly
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to die, to pass away
    • c. 732 CE, 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍:𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤 (Yollïġ Tigin), Kül Tegin Inscription N.13:
      𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤⁚𐰸𐰆𐰪𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀⁚𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰃⁚𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰢𐰚𐰃⁚𐰆𐰲𐰑𐰃
      kül²t²ign²:q̊¹uńy²il¹qa:y²it²i:y²gr²mki:učd¹i
      /Kül Tegin, ḳoɲ yïlḳa yéti yigirmiké učdï./
      Kültegin passed away on the seventeenth day of the Year of the Sheep.

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19
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