𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *turńa (“crane”). Cognate with Turkish turna.

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀 (turńa)

  1. crane
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 61
      𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰖𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐱅𐰇𐰾𐰤𐰀𐰚𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰣𐰢𐰃𐰾
      turńa:quš:tüšnekiŋe:qonmïš
      A crane settled on its resting-place

Alternative forms

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “tunya”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “turña:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 551
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*durunja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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