𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰇𐰼 (ör-, “to raise; to plait”) +‎ 𐰏𐰃𐰤 (-gin) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *ȫr- (“to raise; to plait”).

Noun

𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤 (örgin)

1. throne

   Synonym: 𐰋𐰇𐰓 (böd)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 1

     𐱅𐰤:𐰾𐰃:𐰢𐰤:𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰃𐰤:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     tensi:men:yarïn:kéče:altun:örgin:üze:olurpan:meŋileyür:men

     I am the Son of Heaven. In the morning and evening, I enjoy sitting on the golden throne.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “örgin”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 61
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “örgin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225