𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Verb

𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃 (y¹ul¹i /yulï-/)

  1. (transitive) to pillage, plunder
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IIW4:
      𐱅𐰏𐰓𐰢𐰔:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰔
      tegdimiz:yulïdïmïz
      (Thus) we attacked and plundered (their camp).
Derived terms
  • 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰲𐰃 (yulïɣčï, plunderer)
  • 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰸 (yuluq, extinct)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yulï-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 407
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yul-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 918
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jol-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

From 𐰖𐰆𐰞 (yol, road) +‎ 𐰃 (, third person possessive suffix)

Postposition

𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃 (yolï)

  1. (mathematics) times
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N4:
      𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐱁:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁𐰓𐰢𐰔
      bir:yïlqa:béš:yolï:süŋüšdümüz
      We fought five times in a year.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yolï”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 406
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yo:l”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 917