𐰆𐰞𐰺

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *olur- (“to sit”). Cognate with Chuvash лар (lar), Turkish oturmak, Uzbek oʻtirmoq, Bashkir ултырыу (ultırıw), Yakut олор (olor).

𐰆𐰞𐰺 (olur-)

1. (intransitive) to sit, to settle
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 1

     𐱅𐰤:𐰾𐰃:𐰢𐰤:𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     tensi:men:yarïn:kéče:altun:örgin:üze:olurupan:meŋileyür:men

     I am the Son of Heaven. In the morning and evening, I enjoy sitting on the golden throne.

2. (intransitive) to rule, to be throned
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E26

     𐰃𐰲𐰼𐰀:𐱁𐰽𐰔:𐱃𐱁𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰣𐰽𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰔:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢

     ičre:ašsïz:tašra:tonsuz:yabïz:yablaq:bodunta:üze:olurtum

     I ruled over a poor and miserable people who were foodless on the inside and clothless on the outside.

• 𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺 (olur-)

• 𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃 (olurt-, “to make sit, to make settle”)

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “olur-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 150
• Tekin, Talât (1968) “olur-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 359
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “olur-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60