𐰞

Derived from Sogdian 𐼌 (δ, “lamed”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܠ (“lamed”)

𐰞 (l¹)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /l/ with back vowels.

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “l¹”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 69 and 74
• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *al- (“to take”). Cognate to Chuvash ил (il), Karakhanid آل (al, “to take”), Azerbaijani al, Turkish almak (“take, buy”), Uzbek olmoq, Bashkir алыу (alıw), Yakut ыл (ıl, “take”).

𐰞 (al-)

1. (transitive) to take, to buy
2. (transitive) to conquer, to capture
   • c. 735 CE, 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍:𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤 (Yollïġ Tégin), Kül Tégin Inscription N.2:

     𐰴𐰺𐰞𐰸𐰆𐰍:𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰢𐰔:𐰞𐱃𐰢𐰔

     qr¹l¹q̊¹uǧ:ül²r²t²mz:l¹t¹mz

     /Ḳarluḳïġ ölürtümüz altïmïz./

     We killed and conquered the Ḳarluḳ nation.

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “al-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 393
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “al-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 124-125
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill