𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k (see there for more). Cognate with 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

• 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰚 (türk)
• 𐱆𐰈𐰼𐰝 (türk) (Yenisei)

Descendants

• ⇒ Rouran: *türküt ("Turks”)
  • → Middle Chinese: 突厥 (tʰuət̚ kɨut̚)
• → 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