𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāĺa- (“to live”), equivalent to 𐰖𐱁 (yaš, “age”) +‎ 𐰀 (-a). Cognate with Turkish yaşamak, Uzbek yashamoq, Bashkir йәшәү (yəşəw), Khakas чазирға (çazirğa, “to live (up to a certain age)”).

Verb

𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰀 (yāša-)

1. (intransitive) to live

   Synonym: 𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰃 (tiri-)

   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E31

     𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰴𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰼𐱅𐰃

     kültégin:birqïrq:yāšayur:erti

     Prince Kül had lived up to thirty-one years old then.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yaša-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 398
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaşa:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 976