𐰇


𐰇 U+10C07, 𐰇
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OE
𐰆
[U+10C06]
Old Turkic 𐰈
[U+10C08]
See also: 𐰈

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek υ (u, upsilon) through intermediaries.

Letter

𐰇 (ü)

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ø/ or /y/.
Descendants
  • Old Hungarian: 𐳞, 𐲞, 𐳝, 𐲝, 𐳟, 𐲟, 𐳬, 𐲭

References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫ- (to think understand). Compare Karakhanid اُو (ȫ-, to understand), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾwymʾk /⁠ö-⁠/, to think, remember).

Verb

𐰇 (ö-)

  1. (intransitive) to think, think of, remember
    Synonym: 𐰽𐰴𐰣 (saqïn-)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ö-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 361
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ȫ(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[3], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-ü. Cognate with Turkish -i, -e.

Suffix

𐰇 ()

  1. Makes converbs and adverbs out of verbs yielding "by, ...-ing"
    𐱁 (aš-, to pass) + ‎𐰇 (ü) → ‎𐱁𐰀 (aša, by passing)
Alternative forms
  • 𐰆 (-u)
  • 𐰀 (-e, -a)
  • 𐰃 (-i, -ï)
  • 𐰘𐰇 (-yü)
  • 𐰖𐰆 (-yu)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, pages 180-181