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)

  1. (anatomy) hand

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)

  1. 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.

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