𐰇

𐰇 U+10C07, 𐰇 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OE ← 𐰆 [U+10C06] Old Turkic 𐰈 → [U+10C08]

See also: 𐰈

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek υ (u, “upsilon”) through intermediaries.

Letter

𐰇 (ü)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ø/ or /y/.

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Hungarian: 𐳞, 𐲞, 𐳝, 𐲝, 𐳟, 𐲟, 𐳬, 𐲭

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö/ö:/ü/ü:”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
• Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies‎^[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 80
• Ghirshman, Roman (1948) Les Chionites-Hephtalites‎^[2], Iran: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, page 63

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫ- (“to think understand”). Compare Karakhanid اُو (ȫ-, “to understand”), Old Uyghur ՚wy (ö-, “to think, remember”).

Verb

𐰇 (ö-)

1. (intransitive) to think, think of, remember

   Synonym: 𐰽𐰴𐰣 (saqïn-)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 16:

     𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰃𐰤:𐰇𐰯𐰤:𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰇𐰼𐰇:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     yérin:öpen:yügürü:barmïš

     (Then), thinking of its place, it went running (towards it).

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ö-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 361
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ö-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 61
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ö-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ȫ(j)-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[3], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-ü. Cognate with Turkish -i, -e.

Suffix

𐰇 (-ü)

1. Makes converbs and adverbs out of verbs yielding "by, ...-ing"

   ‎𐱁 (aš-, “to pass”) + ‎𐰇 (ü) → ‎𐱁𐰀 (aša, “by passing”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰆 (-u)
• 𐰀 (-e, -a)
• 𐰃 (-i, -ï)
• 𐰘𐰇 (-yü)
• 𐰖𐰆 (-yu)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, pages 180-181