𐰲𐰆𐰉

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 州 (MC tsyuw, “state, oblast, district”). Compare also Mongolian жүү (žüü), Manchu ᠵᡝᠣ (jeo), Japanese 州 (shū), Korean 주 (ju), Chinese borrowings.

Noun

𐰲𐰆𐰉 (čub)

  1. district, state, area, region, zone
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E31
      𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰲𐰆𐰉:𐰽𐰆𐰍𐰑𐰴:𐱃𐰯𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢𐰔
      altï:čub:soɣdaq:tapa:süledimiz
      We went on a campaign in the direction of six Sogdian states.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “čub”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 324
  • Ölmez, Mehmet (1997). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 7: 175-186.
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çuv”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 394
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