𐰖𐱁

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāĺ (“age”). Cognate to Chuvash ҫул (śul), Khalaj yâaş, Turkish yaş, Uzbek yosh, Bashkir йәш (yəş), Yakut саас (saas).

Noun

𐰖𐱁 (yaš)

1. age
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E31

     𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰢𐰃:𐰖𐱁𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰲𐰃𐰢:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰤:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰨𐰀:𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰦𐰃

     altï:yégirmi:yašïŋa:ečim:qaɣan:ilin:törüsin:anča:qazɣantï

     At the age of sixteen, for the sake of the realm and laws of my uncle, the khagan, he accomplished the following:..

Derived terms

• 𐰖𐰀𐱁𐰀 (yāša-, “to live”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yaš”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 398
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ya:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 975
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill