𐰖

𐰖 U+10C16, 𐰖 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AY ← 𐰕 [U+10C15] Old Turkic 𐰗 → [U+10C17]

See also: 𐰗

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Pictogram of a bow, compare Proto-Turkic *yā(y) (“bow”).

Letter

𐰖 (y¹)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /j/, used with back vowels.

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Hungarian: 𐳚, 𐲚

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “y¹”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 70 and 75

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Cognate with Chuvash уйӑх (ujăh), Khalaj hây, Turkish ay (“moon, month”), Uzbek oy, Bashkir ай (ay), Yakut ый (ıy).

Noun

𐰖 (ay)

1. (astronomy) moon
2. month
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 59

     𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰖𐰃𐰑𐰃𐱃𐰢𐰖𐰃𐰣:𐰖𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰢𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰺𐱃𐰀𐱃𐰢𐰖𐰃𐰣

     yïlqa:tegmišig:yïdïtmayïn:ayqa:tegmišig:artatmayïn

     I will not make one that has reached (the stage of) a year stink, (or) one that has reached (the stage of) a month go bad.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ay”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)y”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 265
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*āń(k)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āy- (“to say, to tell”). Cognate with Chuvash ыйт (yjt), Khalaj hâymaq, Turkish ayıtmak, Uzbek aytmoq, Bashkir әйтеү (əytew), Yakut ый (ıy).

Verb

𐰖 (ay-)

1. (transitive) to tell, to declare, to order
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IN7

     𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸𐰀:𐰉𐰭𐰀:𐰖𐰑𐰃

     bilge:tońuquq:baŋa:aydï

     He ordered me, Bilge Tonyukuk, (as follows):..

Derived terms

• 𐰖𐱃 (ayt-, “to say”)
• 𐰖𐰍𐰆𐰲𐰃 (ayɣučï, “counselor”)
• 𐰖𐰸 (ayuq, “dominion”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ay-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 306
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ay-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 266
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ạj-ɨt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill