𐰏𐰼
Appearance
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *egir- (“to spin”), from Proto-Turkic *eg- (“to bend”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (äŋirmäk), Khalaj heyirmək, Turkish eğirmek, Uzbek yigirmoq. Compare also Mongolian ээрэх (eerex), a Turkic borrowing.
Verb
[edit]𐰏𐰼 (egir-)
- (transitive) to spin, surround
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N5-6:
- 𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰏:𐰽𐰨𐰑𐰃:𐱃𐰸𐰔:𐰼𐰏:𐰏𐰼𐰀:𐱃𐰸𐰃𐰑𐰃
- bir:erig:sančdï:toquz:erig:egire:toqïdï
- He stabbed one man (with a lance) and stroke nine men surrounding them.
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “ägir-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “egir-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 113