𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“palace”). Cognate with Turkish ordu, Uzbek orda, Bashkir урда (urda), Yakut ордуу (orduu).

Compare also Mongolian орд (ord) and Middle Chinese 甌脫 (*ʔəu dʱuɑt̚).

Noun

𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆 (ur¹d¹u /ordu/)

  1. a royal camp, palace

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ordū”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 360
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ordu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203
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