𐰾𐰃𐰓

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹĺit- (“to listen”). Cognate with Chuvash илт (ilt), Khalaj eşitmək, Turkish işitmek, Uzbek eshitmoq, Bashkir ишетеү (işetew), Yakut иһит (ihit).

Verb

𐰾𐰃𐰓 (éšid-)

  1. (transitive) to listen, hear
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54
      𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰾𐰃𐰓𐱅𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      üze:teŋri:ešidti:asra:kiši:bilti:tér
      Heaven above heard it; people below understood it, it says.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “äsid-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 330
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(e)şid-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “éşid-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 257-258
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹĺit-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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