𐰘𐰃𐱅
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yit- (“to become lost”). Cognate with Turkish yitmek, Yakut сүт (süt).
Verb[edit]
𐰘𐰃𐱅 (yit-)
- (intransitive) to be lost
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E27:
- 𐰃𐰤𐰢:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰚𐰃:𐱁𐰑:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰠𐰀:𐰇𐰠𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰇:𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰦𐰢
- inim:kültégin:birle:eki:šad:birle:ölü:yitü:qazɣantïm
- Together with my younger brother, Prince Kül, and together with two shads, dying and getting lost, I won.
Derived terms[edit]
- 𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰼 (yitür-, “to lose”)
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “yit-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 404
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yit-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 885