𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Proto-Turkic *yāl-. Cognate with Turkish yalvaç (“prophet”).
Noun
[edit]𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲 (yalbač)
- (law) envoy
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 11
- 𐰽𐰺𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰽𐰉𐰲𐰃:𐰖𐰔𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰾𐰇𐰔:𐰽𐰉:𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼
- sarïɣ:atlïɣ:sabčï:yazïɣ:atlïɣ:yalbač:edgü:söz:sab:elti:kelir:tér
- There comes a messenger on a yellow horse (and) an envoy on a dark brown horse, bringing good tidings, it says.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 11
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “yalabač”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 395
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)l(a)b(a)ç”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yala:vaç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 921
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill