𐰖𐰭𐰺𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *yaŋ- (“to babble”) whence also *yaŋša- (“to babble”).

Verb

𐰖𐰭𐰺𐰀 (yaŋra-)

1. (intransitive) to mumble
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 22

     𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰖𐰭𐰺𐰀𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰚𐰭𐰼𐰀𐰤𐰇𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     yarïn:yaŋrayur:kéče:keŋrenür:tér

     She mumbles in the morning (and) mutters to herself in the evening.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)ŋra-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaŋra:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 952