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)
Suffix
𐰾𐰤 (s²n² /sen/)
- Denotes second person singular or plural after certain verb tenses.
- 𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰲𐰃:𐰾𐰤 ― ül²t²či:s²n² /Ölteči sen./ ― You will die.
- Denotes "to be" for second person singular or plural
- 𐰺𐰴𐰴:𐰾𐰤 ― r¹qq:s²n² /Arḳuḳ sen./ ― You are stubborn.
Alternative forms
- 𐰾𐰃𐰤 (sén)
See also
Old Turkic personal pronouns
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/)
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “esen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 248