𐰚𐰇𐰚

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫk (“blue, green”). Cognate with Chuvash кӑвак (kăvak), Khalaj kö̂k, Turkish gök, Uzbek koʻk, Bashkir күк (kük), Yakut күөх (küöq). Compare also Mongolian хөх (xöx), Proto-Tungusic *kuku (“blue”) and also Hungarian kék, a Turkic borrowing.

Adjective

𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)

  1. blue
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 64
      𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰢𐰆𐰞:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐰢𐰤
      kök:boymul:toɣan:quš:men
      I am a gray falcon with a blue neck.

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • 𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (Kök Türük, “Göktürk”)

See also
Colors in Old Turkic · 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰍 (boduɣ) (layout · text)
     𐰀𐰴 (āq), 𐰇𐰼𐰭 (ürüŋ)      𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)      𐰴𐰺𐰀 (qara)
             𐰶𐰃𐰔𐰞 (qïzïl), 𐰞 (al)              𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰤 (yegren), 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍 (toruɣ); 𐰖𐰍𐰔 (yaɣïz), 𐰉𐰆𐰔 (boz)              𐰽𐰺𐰍 (sarïɣ)
                          𐰖𐱁𐰞 (yašïl)             
                          𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök)             
                                      

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “kök”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 351
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “kök”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 58
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kö:k”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 708
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gȫk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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