𐰾𐰤𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *esne- (“to yawn”). Cognate with Chuvash анасла (anasla), Turkish esnemek, Uzbek esnamoq, Tatar иснәү (isnäw).

Verb

𐰾𐰤𐰀 (esne-)

  1. (intransitive) to yawn
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 10
      𐰾𐰤𐰏𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰽:𐰢𐰤
      esnegen:bars:men
      I am a yawning leopard.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(ä)sn(ä)-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “esne:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 249
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