𐰇𐰏𐰾𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫgsiŕ, equivalent to 𐰇𐰏 (ög, “mother”) +‎ 𐰾𐰔 (-süz, “-less”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 (ögsüz), Turkish öksüz, Bashkir үкһеҙ (ükheź), Tuvan өскүс (ösküs).

Adjective

𐰇𐰏𐰾𐰔 (ögsüz)

1. motherless; orphan
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N9

     𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰇𐰏𐰾𐰔:𐰴𐰃𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰤𐰯:𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰔:𐰼𐰤:𐰽𐰨𐰑𐰃:𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰆𐰍:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰓𐰃

     kültégin:ögsüz:aqïn:binip:toquz:eren:sančdï:orduɣ:bérmedi

     Having mounted his orphan white (horse), Prince Kül stabbed nine men and didn't surrender the camp.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ögsiz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 362
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ögsüz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 116