𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰛

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ingek (“cow”). Cognate with Chuvash ӗне (ĕne), Turkish inek (“cow”), Uyghur ئىنەك (inek), Yakut ынах (ınaq). Compare also Mongolian үнээ (ünee), Hungarian ünő, Turkic borrowings.

Noun

𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰛 (ingek)

  1. cow
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5
      𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭:𐰾𐰼𐰃:𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰚:𐰉𐰆𐰔𐰀𐰍𐰆𐰞𐰲𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐰃𐰾
      ürüŋ:esri:ingek:buzaɣulačï:bolmïš
      A white-spotted cow was on the point of calving.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “in(i)gäk”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 336
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “ing(ä)k”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ingek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 184
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*in-gek (/*ɨn-gak), *in-ken”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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