𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ortu (“middle”), from Proto-Turkic *or-. Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (ortu, “middle”), Turkish orta, Uzbek o'rta, Bashkir урта (urta), Yakut орто (orto).

Noun

𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆 (ortu)

1. middle, midpoint

Adjective

𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆 (ortu)

1. middle, central
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 49

     𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰓𐰀:𐰢𐰍𐰴𐰀:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     ortu:yérde:soqušmïš

     In an open (central) place it came across a wild goat.

Related terms

• 𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰾𐰃 (kün ortusï, “noon”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ortu”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 360
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ortu”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 61
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ortu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 203
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*or-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill