𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰉𐰆𐰞 (bol-, “to happen”) +‎ 𐰆𐰍 (-uɣ).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍 (boluɣ)

1. existence
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 19:

     𐰀𐰴:𐱃:𐰴𐰺𐰽𐰽𐰃𐰣:𐰇𐰲:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍𐱃𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰯𐰣:𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰏𐰚𐰀:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     āq:at:qaršïsïn:üč:boluɣta:talulapan:aɣïnqa:ötügke:ïdmïš:tér

     A white horse, having chosen its adversary in three states of existence, sent it to a dumb for praying, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “bolug”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “boluğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 336