𐰍𐰃
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *agï (“treasure”). Cognate with Old Uyghur ’’xy (aɣï).
Noun
[edit]𐰍𐰃 (aɣï)
- material, treasure, wealth
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5
- 𐰾𐰇𐰲𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰉𐰣:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐱁𐰴:𐰍𐰃𐰤:𐰺𐰯:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰨𐰀:𐰖𐰍𐰆𐱃𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰢𐰾
- süčig:sabïn:yïmšaq:aɣïn:arïp:ïraq:bodunuɣ:anča:yaɣutïr:ermiš
- Deceiving by means of their sweet words and soft materials, they are said to cause the remote people to come close in this manner.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “aγī”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 78
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Agɨ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill