𐰖𐰪

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāń- (“to shake”). Cognate with Khalaj yâmaq, Azerbaijani yaxalamaq, Turkish yıkamak, Turkmen yāymak.

Verb

𐰖𐰪 (yań-)

1. (transitive) to scatter, put to rout
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E34

     𐰣𐰃:𐰖𐰪𐰯:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰃:𐰖𐰺𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰔𐰑𐰢𐰔

     anï:yańïp:türgi:yarɣun:költe:bozdumuz

     We dispersed them and put them to rout at the lake Türgi-Yargun.

Alternative forms

• 𐰖𐰖 (yay-) (Ongin Inscription)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yań-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 399
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yań-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 942