𐰖𐰑𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yadag (“foot soldier; on foot”). Cognate with Turkish yaya (“pedestrian”), Uzbek yayov (“on foot”), Bashkir йәйәү (yəyəw, “by foot”), Yakut сатыы (satıı, “on foot”).

Noun

𐰖𐰑𐰍 (yadaɣ)

1. foot soldier
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S1

     𐰖𐰑𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰚𐰦𐰃:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰢

     yadaɣ:süsin:ékinti:kün:qop:ölürtüm

     On the second day, I killed their foot soldiers in great numbers.

Derived terms

• 𐰖𐰑𐰍𐰣 (yadaɣïn, “on foot”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yadaγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 395
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaḏa:ğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 887