𐰖𐰺𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaru- (“to shine”). Cognate with Uzbek yorugʻ, Kazakh жарық (jaryq), Yakut сырдык (sırdık).

Verb

𐰖𐰺𐰆 (yaru-)

1. (intransitive) to shine, become bright
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 26

     𐱃𐰭:𐱃𐰭𐰞𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰆𐰑𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰼:𐰖𐰺𐰆𐰑𐰃:𐰆𐰑𐰆:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰑𐰃

     taŋ:taŋlardï:udu:yér:yarudï:udu:kün:tuɣdï

     The dawn broke and the earth became bright and the sun rose.

Derived terms

• 𐰖𐰺𐰸 (yaruq, “light”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)ru-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaru:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 956