𐰖𐰆𐰣𐱃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yunt (“horse, mare”). Cognate to Karakhanid يُنْدْ (yund, “horse”), Chagatai یونت (yunt, “horse”), Old Anatolian Turkish یونت (yont, “mare”), dialectal Turkish yont (“stray animal”).

Noun

𐰖𐰆𐰣𐱃 (yunt)

  1. horse
    Synonym: 𐱃 (at)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5
      𐰋𐰏:𐰼:𐰖𐰆𐰣𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾
      beg:er:yuntïŋaru:barmïš
      A lord went to (look at) his horses...

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “yunt”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 69
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yunt”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 946
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*junt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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