𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tīri- (“to live”). Cognate with Chuvash чӗрӗ (čĕrĕ), Turkish diri, Uzbek tirik, Kazakh тірі (tırı).

Verb

𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰃 (tiri-)

  1. (intransitive) to live
    Synonym: 𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰀 (yāša-)
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S10
      𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰯:𐰃𐰠:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰽𐰴𐰭𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰦𐰀:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰢:𐰖𐰭𐰞𐰯:𐰇𐰠𐰾𐰚𐰭𐰤:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰦𐰀:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰢
      türük:bodun:tirip:él:tutsïqïŋ:bunta:urtum:yaŋïlïp:ölsikiŋin:yeme:bunta:urtum
      How you should live and dominate (other) tribes, I have recorded here; and how you would (otherwise) perish by being unfaithful, this, too, I have recorded here.

Derived terms
  • 𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼 (tirgür-, “to bring to life”)
  • 𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰠 (tiril-, “to come alive”)
  • 𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰏 (tirig, “alive”)

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “tir-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 382
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “*tir-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 529
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dīri-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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