𐰾𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sen (thou). Cognate with Chuvash эсӗ (es̬ĕ), Khalaj sən, Karakhanid سَنْ (sen, you), Turkish sen (you), -sin, Uzbek sen, Bashkir һин (hin), Yakut эн (en).

Pronoun

𐰾𐰤 (sen)

  1. the second person singular pronoun

Suffix

𐰾𐰤 (s²n² /sen/)

  1. Denotes second person singular or plural after certain verb tenses.
    𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰲𐰃:𐰾𐰤ül²t²či:s²n² /Ölteči sen./ ― You will die.
  2. Denotes "to be" for second person singular or plural
    𐰺𐰴𐰴:𐰾𐰤r¹qq:s²n² /Arḳuḳ sen./ ― You are stubborn.

Alternative forms

  • 𐰾𐰃𐰤 (sén)

See also

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “sän”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 367
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 831
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sẹ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Orkhon script variant of 𐽰𐽻𐽰𐽺 (ʾsʾn /⁠esen⁠/).

Noun

𐰾𐰤 (s²n² /esen/)

  1. healthy, safe and sound

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “esen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 248