𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *yāl-. Cognate with Turkish yalvarmak, Kazakh жалбару (jalbaru), Tuvan чалбарыыр (çalbarıır).

Verb

𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺 (yalbar-)

  1. (intransitive) to beg, pray, implore
    Synonyms: 𐱅𐰃𐰠𐰀 (tile-), 𐰴𐰆𐰞 (qol-)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 19
      𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰢𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐰣𐰢𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      qorqma:edgüti:ötün:ayïnma:edgüti:yalbar:tér
      'Fear not, pray well; do not be afraid, implore well!' it says.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)lb(a)r-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yalvar-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 920
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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