𐰉𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bār (“there is”). Cognate with Chuvash пур (pur), Turkish var, Uzbek bor, Bashkir бар (bar), Yakut баар (baar).

Predicative

𐰉𐰺 (bar)

1. there is

   Antonym: 𐰖𐰆𐰸 (yoq)

   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, N7-8

     𐰔𐰆:𐰉𐰆:𐰽𐰉𐰢𐰑𐰀:𐰃𐰏𐰓:𐰉𐰺:𐰍𐰆

     azu:sabïmda:igid:bar:ɣu

     ...or is there a lie in my word?

Derived terms

• 𐰉𐰺𐰴 (barq)
• 𐰉𐰺𐰢 (barïm)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bar”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 308
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(a)r”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 49
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ba:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 353
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bār”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bar- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Chuvash пыр (pyr), Khalaj varmaq, Turkish varmak, Uzbek bormoq, Bashkir барыу (barıw), Yakut бар (bar).

Verb

𐰉𐰺 (bar-)

1. (intransitive) to walk, go
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 42

     𐰆𐰔𐰆𐰣𐱃𐰆𐰣𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰃𐰓𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰖𐰴𐰃𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     uzuntonluɣ:idišin:ayaqïn:qodupan:barmïš

     A woman went away, leaving behind her cups and bowls

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bar-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 308
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(a)r-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 49
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bar-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 354
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bar-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill