𐰇𐰏𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *ügüz (“river”). Cognate with Old Uyghur ‘wykwz (ögüz, “river”). Compare also Mongolian үер (üjer), an early Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐰇𐰏𐰔 (ögüz)

1. river
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E37

     𐰆𐰞:𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰾:𐱃𐰯𐰀:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰘𐰃𐱁𐰍:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰀:𐰼𐱅𐰾:𐰇𐰏𐰔𐰏:𐰚𐰲𐰀:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰔

     ol:yïlqa:türgiš:tapa:altun:yïšïɣ:toɣa:ertiš:ögüzüg:keče:yorïdïmïz

     In that year we marched against the Türgesh climbing over the Altai Mountains crossing over the Irtysh river.

Derived terms

• 𐰘𐰨𐰇:𐰇𐰏𐰔 (Yinčü Ögüz, “Syr Darya”)
• 𐰖𐱁𐰞:𐰇𐰏𐰔 (Yašïl Ögüz, “Yellow River”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ögüz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 362
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ögüz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 119
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ügüŕ (~ *ö-)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill