𐰀𐰞𐰀
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Cognate with Chuvash ула (ula), Khalaj hâla bula, Turkish ala, Uzbek ola, Bashkir ала (ala), Yakut ала (ala).
Adjective[edit]
𐰀𐰞𐰀 (āla)
- variegated
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen no 2
- 𐰀𐰞𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰢𐰤
- āla:atlïɣ:yol:teŋri:men
- I am the road god with a variegated horse.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen no 2
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “ala”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:la”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 126
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*āla”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill