𐰑𐰍𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adgïr. Cognate with Chuvash ӑйӑр (ăjăr), Karakhanid اَذْغِرْ (aδɣïr, “stallion”), Turkish aygır (“stallion”), Uzbek aygʻir, Bashkir айғыр (ayğır, “stallion”), Yakut атыыр (atıır).

Noun

𐰑𐰍𐰺 (adɣïr)

1. stallion
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 56

     𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰑𐰍𐰺:𐰢𐰤

     ögriŋe:qutluɣ:adɣïr:men

     I am a stallion happy in his stud.

Derived terms

• 𐰑𐰍𐰺𐰞𐰴 (adɣïrlïq, “fit to be a stallion”)

Related terms

• 𐰖𐰆𐰣𐱃 (yunt, “mare”)
• 𐱃 (at, “horse”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “adγïr”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)dg(ı)r”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏğır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 47