𐰠𐰏
Old Turkic
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *elig (“hand”). Cognate with Chuvash алӑ (ală), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷 (elig), Turkish el (“hand”), Uzbek ilik, Yakut илии (ilii).
Noun
𐰠𐰏 (elig)
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “älig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “elig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 140
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*el, -ig”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ellig (“fifty”). Cognate with Chuvash аллă (allă), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷 (elig), Khalaj əllig, Turkish elli (“fifty”), Uzbek ellik, Bashkir илле (ille), Khakas иліг (ilìg).
Numeral
𐰠𐰏 (ellig)
- fifty
- c. 735 CE, 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍:𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤 (Yollïġ Tégin), Kül Tégin Inscription E8:
- 𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰠𐰏:𐰘𐰃𐰞:𐰃𐰾𐰏:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰾
- kür²ms²:l²g:y²il¹:is²g:küčg:b²ir²ms²
- / […] körmiš, elig yïl išig küčüg bérmiš./
- […] and served under them for fifty years.
- 𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰠𐰏:𐰘𐰃𐰞:𐰃𐰾𐰏:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰾
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “älig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ellig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 141