𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜

Old Turkic

Etymology

    From Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k (see there for more). Cognate with Azerbaijani türk, Chuvash тӗрӗк (tĕrĕk), Turkish Türk, Uzbek turk, Bashkir төрөк (török), Yakut турок (turok). Compare also Hungarian török, an ancient Turkic borrowing.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tyɾyk/

    Proper noun

    𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (türük)

    1. Turk
      • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S1
        𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐱅𐰏:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐱁:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰉𐰆:𐰇𐰓𐰚𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢
        teŋri:teg:teŋride:bolmuš:türük:bilge:qaɣan:bu:ödke:olurtum
        I, the God-like and Heaven-born Turkic Bilge Khagan, succeeded to the throne at this time.

    Alternative forms

    Descendants

    • ⇒ Rouran: *türküt (“Turks”)
      • → Middle Chinese: 突厥 (thwot kjut)
    • → Middle Persian: twlk'

    References

    • Tekin, Talât (1968) “türük”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 388
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