𐰀𐰞𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āla (“variegated”). Cognate with Chuvash ула (ula), Khalaj hâla bula, Turkish ala, Uzbek ola, Bashkir ала (ala), Yakut ала (ala).

Adjective

𐰀𐰞𐰀 (āla)

1. variegated
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen no 2

     𐰀𐰞𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰢𐰤

     āla:atlïɣ:yol:teŋri:men

     I am the road god with a variegated horse.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ala”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:la”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 126
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*āla”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill