𐱃𐰆𐰔
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Common Turkic *tōz (“dust”). Cognate with Turkish toz, Uyghur توز (toz), Kazakh тоз (toz), Western Yugur tos. Compare also Mongolian тоос (toos).
Noun[edit]
𐱃𐰆𐰔 (toz)
- dust
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 15
- 𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰔:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃
- üze:tuman:turdï:asra:toz:turdï
- The fog was hanging above (and) the dust was rising below
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 15
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “toz”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “to:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 570-571