𐰇𐰼𐰛

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ürk- (“to be afraid”). Cognate with Turkish ürkmek, Uzbek hurkmoq, Kyrgyz үркүү (ürküü).

Verb

𐰇𐰼𐰛 (ürk-)

  1. (intransitive) to fear
    Synonyms: 𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴 (qorq-), 𐰪 (ań-), 𐰖𐰃𐰣 (ayïn-)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27
      𐰉𐰖:𐰼:𐰴𐰆𐰪𐰃:𐰇𐰼𐰚𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾
      bay:er:qońï:ürküpen:barmïš
      A rich man's sheep went away after being frightened.

Derived terms
  • 𐰇𐰼𐰚𐱅 (ürküt-, “to scare”)

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “ürk-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ürk-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 221
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ürk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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