𐰖𐰉𐰍𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Of unknown origins, see Yabghu for more information.

Noun

𐰖𐰉𐰍𐰆 (yabɣu)

  1. Yabghu, a title, usually considered to be two steps below the khagan
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E15
      𐱅𐰇𐰠𐰃𐰾:𐱃𐰺𐰑𐰆𐱁:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰦𐰀:𐱅𐰢𐰾:𐰖𐰉𐰍𐰆𐰍:𐱁𐰑𐰍:𐰦𐰀:𐰋𐰼𐰢𐰾
      tölis:tarduš:bodunuɣ:anta:étmiš:yabɣuɣ:šadïɣ:anta:bérmiš
      He also organized there the Tiele and Tardu people and gave them a yabghu and a shad there.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yabγu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 394
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yabğu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 873
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