𐰠𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng, “dragon”), specifically from a dialect without the final -ŋ.

Noun

𐰠𐰇 (lü)

  1. dragon
    • 8th century CE, Ongin Inscription, Supp. 4
      𐰠𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:
      lü:yïlqa
      ...at the Year of Dragon...

Descendants
  • → Middle Mongol: ᠯᠤᠤ (luu)
    • Classical Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤ (luu)
      • Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤ／луу (luu)

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “lü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 355
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “lu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 763
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