𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *kiši.

𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃 (kis²i /kiši/)

1. person, people
   • 732 CE, Bilge Ḳaġan (𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣), Kültegin Inscription S6 (KT1G.13.06):

     𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰞𐰯:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰢𐰕:𐰼𐰢𐰾:

     d²gü:b²il²ga:kis²ig:d²gü:l¹p:kis²ig:y¹ur¹t¹mz:r²ms²:

     /Edgü bilge kišig, edgü alp kišig yorïtmaz ermiš./

     [The Chinese] do not let the people who know well and the people who are valiant tire themselves.

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kişi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 752

Orkhon Script variant of 𐽷𐽶𐽿𐽶 (kyšy /⁠kiši⁠/).

𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃 (kis²i /kiši/)

1. human, person
2. partner, husband or wife of a relationship
   • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 29 (27.l02-l07):^[1]

     𐰞𐰃𐰣⸱𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰾
     𐰃𐰤⸱𐰆𐱃𐰆𐰔
     𐰢𐰑𐰸⸱𐰖𐰣𐰀⸱
     𐱃𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰔𐰆𐰣⸱
     𐰉𐰆𐰽⸱𐰴𐰆𐰪⸱
     𐰆𐱃𐰢𐰃𐰾 𐰆𐰍

     l¹in¹⸱kis²is²
     in²⸱ut¹uz
     md¹q̊¹⸱y¹n¹a⸱
     t¹uq̊¹uzun¹⸱
     b¹us¹⸱quń⸱
     ut¹mis² uǧ

     /[Oġ]lïn kišisin utuzmadoḳ, yana toḳuz-on boš ḳoɲ utmïš. […] /

     […] not having lost his son and wife [to a ceremonial game of disembowelment,] instead he won ninety loose sheep.

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kişi:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 752
• Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, page 58