𐰆𐰍𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ogul (“child”). Cognate with Chuvash ывӑл (yvăl), Khakas oğul, Turkish oğul, Uzbek oʻgʻil, Bashkir ул (ul), Yakut уол (uol).

Noun

𐰆𐰍𐰞 (oɣul)

1. child, offspring
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 15:

     𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰀:𐰴𐰭𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰀:𐰇𐰋𐰚𐰠𐰀𐰯𐰤:𐱅𐰔𐰯𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     oɣlï:öginte:qaŋïnta:öbkelepen:tezipen:barmïš

     A son, being angry with his mother and father, ran away.

Derived terms

• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣 (oɣlan)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐱃 (oɣlït)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰴 (oɣlaq)

Related terms

• 𐰸 (oq)
• 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “oγul”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 356
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “og(u)l”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “oğul”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 83-84
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ogul”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill