𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sïŋar (a half).

Noun[edit]

𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺 (sïŋar)

  1. a half
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E32
      𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰏:𐰉𐰺𐰴𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰉𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁𐰏𐰠𐰃:𐰚𐰠𐱅𐰃
      sïŋar:süsi:ebig:barqïɣ:yulɣalï:bardï:sïŋar:süsi:süŋüšgeli:kelti
      One half of their army marched off in order to plunder our residences, the other half of their army came in order to fight.

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “siŋar”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 368
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sıŋa:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 840