𐰴𐰉𐰽

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kabïĺč- (“to unite”). Cognate with Turkish kavuşmak, Uzbek qowushmoq, Kazakh қауысу (qauysu).

Verb

𐰴𐰉𐰽 (qabïš-)

  1. (intransitive) to unite, reunite
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IE3:
      𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐰽:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰴𐰉𐰾𐰞𐰢:𐱅𐰢𐰾
      altun:yïš:üze:qabïšalïm:témiš
      'Let us reunite atop the Altai Mountains!" he said.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “qabïs-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 337
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kavış-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 588
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