𐰎𐰿𐰎𐰁

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kaĺčga (“white spot on an animal's head”). The initial g- is due to the dialect of the writer, compare 𐰐𐰢𐰳𐰐 (Gemčig, “Khemchik”) and 𐰐𐰙𐰛 (géyik, “game”) from the same text.

Cognate with Southern Altai кашкалак (kaškalak), Azerbaijani qaşqa, Kyrgyz качка (kacka) and Khakas хасха (xasxa).

Compare also the borrowed Persian (qašqa, “blaze”) and possibly Proto-Mongolic *kaljan (“white headed”).^[1]

Adjective

𐰎𐰿𐰎𐰁 (ɣašɣa)

(Yenisei Kyrgyz, zootomy) having a white forehead
- 8-10th century CE, Kemçik-Çıgrak (e-41), section 11:
  𐰎𐰿𐰎𐰁:𐱄𐰫𐰢
  ɣašɣa:tańïm
  O, my foal with a white forehead!

References

^ Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 478-479

Aydın, Erhan (2013), "Yenisey Yazıtlarındaki Tek Örnekler", Türkbilig, vol: 36, page 42
Aydın, Erhan (2019) Sibirya'da Türk İzleri & Yenisey Yazıtları [Turkic Traces in Siberia & Yenisei Inscriptions] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat, →ISBN, page 260
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kaşğa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 671

[1] Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 478-479

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