𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *bẹrü (“hitherward”), equivalent to 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hitherward”) +‎ 𐰏𐰼𐰇 (-gerü). Cognate with Turkish beri.

Adverb

𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü)

1. south, southward
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S2

     𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰉𐱃𐰾𐰶𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆𐰾𐰃𐰭𐰺𐰆

     ilgerü:kün:toɣsïqqa:bérgerü:kün:ortasïŋaru:qurɣaru:kün:batsïqïŋa:yïrɣaru:tün:ortasïŋaru

     Eastwards, to the sunrise, southwards to the midday, westwards as far as the sunset, and northwards to the midnight...

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

	𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰖𐰀 (yïrya) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰑𐰣 (yïrdïn) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰆 (yïrɣaru)
𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰖𐰀 (qurya) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰣 (qurdïn) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰍𐰺𐰆 (qurɣaru) 𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰼𐰀 (késre)		𐰇𐰭𐰓𐰤 (öŋdin) 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (ilgerü) 𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀 (öŋre)
	𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye) 𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin) 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü)

Related terms

• 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hitherward”)
• 𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin, “southward”)
• 𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye, “southward”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “birigärü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 315
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bergerü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 364
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bEr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill