𐰉𐰆𐰑

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bod (“stature, size; tribe, kin”). Cognate with Turkish boy, Bashkir буй (buy).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰑 (bod)

1. (anthropology) clan, tribe, kin

   Synonyms: 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš), 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz), 𐰸 (oq)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 53

     𐰴𐰯𐰍𐰣:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰾𐰃𐰼:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰘𐰼𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰑:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐰃𐰓𐰃:𐰖𐰸:𐰼𐱅𐰲𐰃:𐰼𐱅𐰃

     qapɣan:qaɣan:türük:sir:bodun:yérinte:bod:yéme:bodun:yéme:kiši:yéme:idi:yoq:erteči:ertič

     ...In the land of Qapaghan Qaghan, and of the Turkic Sir people, there would've been neither tribes, nor people, nor human beings at all.

Derived terms

• 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣 (bodun, “people”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bod”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 317
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bo:ḏ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 296