𐰃𐰺𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ïrk (“omen, prediction, divinition”).

Noun

𐰃𐰺𐰴 (ïrq)

1. omen, prediction, divination
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 66

     𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼:𐰉𐰆:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰀:𐰀𐰔:𐰢𐰏𐰚𐰃:𐰉𐰺:𐰚𐰃𐰤:𐰖𐰣𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺

     anča:biliŋler:bu:ïrq:bašïnta:az:emgeki:bar:kin:yana:edgü:bolur

     Know thus: at the beginning of this omen there is a little pain; (but) later it becomes good again.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ırk”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ırk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 213
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill