𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰀
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāĺa- (“to live”), equivalent to 𐰖𐱁 (yaš, “age”) + 𐰀 (-a). Cognate with Turkish yaşamak, Uzbek yashamoq, Bashkir йәшәү (yəşəw), Khakas чазирға (çazirğa, “to live (up to a certain age)”).
Verb[edit]
𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰀 (yāša-)
- (intransitive) to live
- Synonym: 𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰃 (tiri-)
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E31
- 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰴𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰼𐱅𐰃
- kültégin:birqïrq:yāšayur:erti
- Prince Kül had lived up to thirty-one years old then.
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “yaša-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 398
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaşa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 976