𐰖𐰭𐰺𐰀

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Proto-Turkic *yaŋ- (to babble) whence also *yaŋša- (to babble).

Verb[edit]

𐰖𐰭𐰺𐰀 (yaŋra-)

  1. (intransitive) to mumble
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 22
      𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰖𐰭𐰺𐰀𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰚𐰭𐰼𐰀𐰤𐰇𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      yarïn:yaŋrayur:kéče:keŋrenür:tér
      She mumbles in the morning (and) mutters to herself in the evening.

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)ŋra-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaŋra:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 952