𐰍𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iagïr (“heavy”). Cognate with Chuvash йывӑр (jyvăr), Turkish ağır, Uzbek ogʻir, Bashkir ауыр (awır), Yakut ыар (ıar).

Adjective

𐰍𐰺 (aɣïr)

1. heavy
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S15:

     𐰍𐰃𐰺:𐱃𐱁𐰃𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰃𐰍

     aɣïr:tašïɣ:yoɣun:ig

     ...heavy stones and thick wood...

2. important, worthy, expensive
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E2:

     𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀:𐰍𐰺:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏

     bunča:aɣïr:törüg

     ...this many important rules...

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “aγar”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 88