𐰋𐰼𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *bẹrü (“hitherward”). Cognate with Turkish beri.

Adverb

𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü)

1. hither, hitherward
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IN4

     𐰜𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐰽𐰍:𐰋𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰠𐱅𐰢𐰔

     kögmen:yïšïɣ:bérü:keltimiz

     Having gone around the Sayan mountains, we came.

Derived terms

• 𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye, “southward”)
• 𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin, “southward”)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü, “southward”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bärü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 312
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “berü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 355