𐱃𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *tuńak. Cognate with Turkish toynak (“hoof”), Uzbek tuyoq, Bashkir тояҡ (toyaq, “hoof”), Yakut туйах (tuyaq).

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰍 (tuyuɣ)

  1. (zootomy) hoof
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5
      𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰑𐰍𐰺𐰞𐰴:𐰖𐰺𐰀𐰍𐰖
      altun:tuyuɣluɣ:adɣïrlïq:yaraɣay
      (He thought): it would fit to be a golden-hoofed stallion.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “tuyug”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tuña:ğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 519
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tubńa-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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