𐰍𐰺𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *agrï- (“to hurt”). Cognate with Turkish ağrımak. compare Korean 아프다 (apeuda), which also means both to hurt and to be sick. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Verb

𐰍𐰺𐰃 (aɣrï-)

1. (intransitive) to become sick
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S9:

     𐰆𐰞𐰍:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰢:𐰍𐰺𐰯:𐰖𐰸:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰲𐰀:𐰸𐰆𐰍:𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤𐰏:𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞:𐱅𐰃𐰚𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐱅𐰢

     uluɣ:oɣlum:aɣrïp:yok:bolča:quɣ:seŋünüg:balbal:tike:bértdim

     When my oldest son died of being sick, I readily had Qu, the general, erect him a balbal.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “aγrï-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağrı:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 91