𐰆𐰖𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ūya (“nest”). Cognate with Chuvash йӑва (jăva, “nest”), Turkish yuva (“nest”), Uzbek uya (“nest”), Bashkir оя (oya, “nest”).

Noun

𐰆𐰖𐰀 (uya)

1. nest, lair, den

   Synonym: 𐰃𐰤 (in)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 31

     𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰆𐰖𐰀𐰽𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰼𐰀:𐰾𐰋𐰃𐰤𐰇:𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     bulupan:uyasïŋaru:ögire:sebinü:kelir:tér

     After having found it comes to its den rejoicing and happily, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “uya”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 66
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “uya:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 267
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill