𐰯𐰆𐰺𐰢

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ῥώμη (Rhṓmē), from Latin Rōma, possibly through Sogdian 𐫂𐫡𐫀𐫇𐫖 (βrʾwm /⁠F(u)rōm⁠/).

𐰯𐰆𐰺𐰢 (pur¹m /Purum/)

1. Rome, Byzantium, eastern Romans
   • 732 CE, Kultegin inscription E4:

     𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰲𐰃⁚𐰾𐰃𐰍𐱃𐰲𐰃⁚𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀⁚𐰜𐰇𐰤⁚𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴𐰑𐰀⁚𐰋𐰇𐰚𐰠𐰃⁚𐰲𐰇𐰠𐰏𐰠𐰃⁚𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲⁚𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇𐱅⁚𐰯𐰺⁚𐰯𐰆𐰺𐰢⁚𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔⁚𐰇𐰲𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰴𐰣⁚𐰆𐱃𐰔𐱃𐱃𐰺⁚𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪⁚𐱃𐱃𐰉𐰃⁚𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀⁚𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣⁚𐰚𐰠𐰯𐰤⁚𐰽𐰃𐰍𐱃𐰀𐰢𐰾⁚𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰾

     y¹uǧči:s²iǧt¹či:üŋr²a:k̥ün²:t¹uǧs¹qd¹a:b²ükl²i:čül²gl²i:t¹b¹ǧč:t²üpüt²:pr¹:pur¹m:q̊²ir¹qz:üčq̊¹ur¹iqn¹:ut¹zt¹t¹r¹:q̊²it¹ń:t¹t¹b¹i:b¹unča:b¹ud¹n¹:kl²pn²:s¹iǧt¹ams²:y¹uǧl¹ams²

     /Yuɣčï sïɣïtčï öŋre kün toɣusïqda Bökli Čölügil, Tabɣač, Tüpüt, Apar, Purum, Qïrqïz, Üč-Qurïqan, Otuz-Tatar, Qïtań, Tatabï; bunča bodun kelipen sïɣïtamïš yuɣlamïš./

     Mourning and lamenting [came] forth from the east the Bökli Čölügil, the Chinese, the Tibetans, the Avars, the Romans, the Kyrgyz, the Uch-Kurykans, the Otuz-Tatar, the Khitans, the Tatabi; all these people mourned and lamented as they came.

• Orkun, Hüseyin Namık (1936) Eski Türk Yazıtları [Old Turkic Inscriptions] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 529) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurmu Basımevi, published 1994, page 31
• Tekin, Talât (1968) “purum”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 365b