𐰘𐰃𐰼

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yẹr. Compare Turkish yer, Uzbek yer, Kyrgyz жер (jer), Tuvan чер (çer).

Noun

𐰘𐰃𐰼 (y²ir² /yér/)

1. ground, earth, land, place
   • 8th century CE, Kultegin Inscription, S4

     𐰃𐰠⁚𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰽𐰴⁚𐰘𐰃𐰼⁚𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤⁚𐰘𐰃𐱁⁚𐰼𐰢𐱁

     il²:t¹ut¹s¹q:y²ir²:üt²k̥n²:y²iš:r²mš

     /il:tutsaq:yér:ötüken:yiš:ermiš/

     The place from which the country could be controlled was the Ötüken mountain.

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 16

     𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰸⁚𐱃⁚𐰾𐰢𐰼𐰃𐱅𐰃⁚𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰃𐰤⁚𐰇𐰯𐰤⁚𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰇𐰼𐰇⁚𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     t¹ur¹q̊¹:t¹:s²mr²it²i:y²ir²in²:üpn²:y²ügür²ü:b¹r¹mis²

     /toruq:at:semrit(t)i:yérin:öpen:yügürü:barmiš/

     A lean horse fattened itself (on a pasture). (Then), thinking of its place, it went running (towards it).

Alternative forms

• 𐰘𐰼 (y²r²)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “yir”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 69a
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yé:r”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 954a
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jẹr”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill