𐰆𐰍𐱁

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *oguĺ (“kin, generation”).

Noun

𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš)

1. (anthropology) tribe, clan

   Synonyms: 𐰸 (oq), 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz), 𐰉𐰆𐰑 (bod)

   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E25

     𐰖𐱁𐰢𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰢𐰞:𐰃𐰑𐰸𐱃:𐰆𐰍𐱁𐰢:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐱅𐰼𐰃:𐰺𐰴𐱁:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰔:𐱅𐰃𐰘𐰤:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢

     yégirmi:yašïma:basmïl:ïdïqut:oɣušum:bodun:erti:arqïš:ïdmaz:téyin:süledim

     At the age of twenty, I went on a campaign against the Basmil-Qut, who were my tribe, because they did not send caravans.

Related terms

• 𐰸 (oq)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞 (oɣul)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣 (oɣlan)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐱃 (oɣlït)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰴 (oɣlaq)
• 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “oγuš”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 357
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uğuş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 96