𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ilgerü (“forward”). Cognate with Turkish ileri, Bashkir элгәре (elgəre).

Adverb

𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (ilgerü)

1. east, eastward
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S2

     𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰉𐱃𐰾𐰶𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆

     ilgerü:kün:toɣsïqqa:bérgerü:kün:ortasïŋaru:qurɣaru:kün:batsïqïŋa:yïrɣaru:tün:ortasïŋaru

     Eastwards, to the sunrise, southwards to the midday, westwards as far as the sunset, and northwards to the midnight...

2. front, forward

Alternative forms

• 𐰃𐱁𐰏𐰼𐰇 (išgerü) (Bilge Khagan Inscription)

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

	𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰖𐰀 (yïrya) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰑𐰣 (yïrdïn) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰆 (yïrɣaru)
𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰖𐰀 (qurya) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰣 (qurdïn) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰍𐰺𐰆 (qurɣaru) 𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰼𐰀 (késre)		𐰇𐰭𐰓𐰤 (öŋdin) 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (ilgerü) 𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀 (öŋre)
	𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye) 𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin) 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ilgärü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 335
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ilgerü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 144