𐰾𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sen (thou). Cognate with Chuvash эсӗ (es̬ĕ), Khalaj sən, Karakhanid سَنْ (sen, you), Turkish sen (you), -sin, Uzbek sen, Bashkir һин (hin), Yakut эн (en).

Pronoun

𐰾𐰤 (sen)

  1. the second person singular pronoun

Suffix

𐰾𐰤 (sen)

  1. Denotes second person singular or plural after certain verb tenses.
    𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰲𐰃:𐰾𐰤ölteči:senYou will die.
  2. Denotes "to be" for second person singular or plural
    𐰺𐰴𐰴:𐰾𐰤arquq:senYou are stubborn.

Alternative forms

  • 𐰾𐰃𐰤 (sén)

Declension

See also

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “sän”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 367
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 831
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sẹ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Common Turkic *esen (sound, safe). Cognate with Old Uyghur “s’n (esen), Turkish esen, Uzbek eson, Bashkir иҫән (iśən), Khakas изен (izen).

Adjective

𐰾𐰤 (esen)

  1. healthy, safe, sound
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27
      𐰾𐰤:𐱅𐰇𐰜𐰠:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰢𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      esen:tükel:bolmïš:tér
      (Thus, the sheep) became safe and sound, it says.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(ä)s(ä)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “esen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 248
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