𐰍𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *agïn (“dumb”).

Adjective

𐰍𐰣 (aɣïn)

  1. dumb, stupid
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 19
      𐰀𐰴:𐱃:𐰴𐰺𐰽𐰽𐰃𐰣:𐰇𐰲:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍𐱃𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰯𐰣:𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰏𐰚𐰀:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      āq:at:qaršïsïn:üč:boluɣta:talulapan:aɣïnqa:ötügke:ïdmïš:tér
      A white horse, having chosen its adversary in three states of existence, sent it to a dumb for praying, it says.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)g(ı)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağın”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 87
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