𐰍𐰞

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āgïl (fold, village). Cognate with Chuvash ял (jal), Turkish ağıl, Bashkir ауыл (awıl), Yakut ыал (ıal). Compare also Hungarian ól, a Turkic borrowing.

Noun[edit]

𐰍𐰞 (aɣïl)

  1. pen, fold
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 47
      𐰴𐰆𐱃:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰍𐰞𐰭𐱃𐰀:𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰃𐰭:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰭:𐰆𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾
      qut:bérmiš:aɣlïŋta:yïlqïŋ:bolzun:özüŋ:uzun:bolzun:témiš
      (The god) gave his divine favor (and) said: 'May you get livestock in your pens! May your life be long!'

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)g(ı)l”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağıl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83