𐰢𐰺𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *am-. Cognate with Old Uyghur ’’mr’x (amraq).

Adjective

𐰢𐰺𐰴 (amraq)

  1. dear, sweet, beloved
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 66
      𐰢𐱃𐰃:𐰢𐰺𐰴:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣𐰢:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼
      amtï:amraq:oɣlanïm:anča:biliŋler
      Now, my dear children, know thus:..

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “ürüŋ”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “amrak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 162
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