𐰖𐰆𐰸

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yōk (“there is not, no”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫук (śuk), Khalaj yôq, Turkish yok, Uzbek yo'q, Bashkir юҡ (yuq), Yakut суох (suoq).

Adjective

𐰖𐰆𐰸 (yoq)

  1. poor
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S10
      𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰯:𐰖𐰸:𐰲𐰃𐰍𐰪:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐰸𐰆𐰉𐰺𐱃𐰑𐰢
      qaɣan:olurup:yōq:čïɣań:bodunuɣ:qop:qïltïm
      Having succeeded to the throne, I gathered all the poor and destitute people together.

Predicate

𐰖𐰆𐰸 (yōq)

  1. there is not
    Antonym: 𐰉𐰺 (bar)

Derived terms

  • 𐰖𐰆𐰴𐰑 (yoqad-)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yōq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 460
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yo:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 895
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jōk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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