𐰖𐰉𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yabïŕ (“bad”), itself from the same ultimate source as 𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴 (yablaq). Cognate with, Turkish yavuz, Kazakh жауыс (jauys).

Adjective

𐰖𐰉𐰔 (yabïz)

1. bad
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 12

     𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼:𐰖𐰉𐰔:𐰆𐰞

     anča:biliŋler:yabïz:ol

     Know thus: (The omen) is bad.

Derived terms

• 𐰖𐰉𐰺𐰃𐱃 (yabrït-, “to ruin”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yabïz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 394
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “yabız”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yavız”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 881-882