𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰼

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yitür- (“to lose”), equivalent to 𐰘𐰃𐱅 (yit-, “to be lost”) +‎ 𐰼 (-ür). Cognate with Turkish yitirmek, Yakut сүтэр (süter).

Verb

𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰼 (yitür-)

1. (transitive) to lose
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 24:

     𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆:𐰘𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰆𐰯:𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆:𐰴𐰣𐱃𐰀:𐰤𐰏𐰇𐰓𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰖:𐰆𐰞:𐱃𐰃𐰼

     kün:ortu:yütürüp:tün:ortu:qanta:negüde:bulɣay:ol:tér

     After having lost it at noon, where and how would it find it at midnight?, it says.

Alternative forms

• 𐰘𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰼 (yütür-) (Irk Bitig)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yitür-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 405
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yitür-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 893