𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“palace”). Cognate with Turkish ordu, Uzbek orda, Bashkir урда (urda), Yakut ордуу (orduu). Compare also Mongolian орд (ord), Middle Chinese 甌脫, possibly Turkic borrowings.

Noun

𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆 (ordu)

1. a royal camp, palace
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 28

     𐰴𐰣:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆:𐰖𐰯𐰢𐰃𐰾

     qan:olurupan:ordu:yapmïš

     After having ascended the throne, a khan built a royal camp.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ordū”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 360
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ordu”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ordu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 203