𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

From earlier *yükgerü, from *yük +‎ 𐰏𐰼𐰇 (gr²ü /⁠-gerü⁠/, allative suffix).

Adverb

𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰇 (y²ügr²ü /yügerü/)

1. upward
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khan Inscription, E2

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜⁚𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼⁚𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣⁚𐰏𐰼𐰯⁚𐰾𐰋𐰤𐰯⁚𐱃𐰆𐰭𐱃𐰢𐱁⁚𐰚𐰇𐰔𐰃⁚𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰃

     t²ür²k̥:b²gl²r²:b¹ud¹n¹:gr²p:s²b²n²p:t¹uŋt¹mš:küzi:y²ügr²ükür²t²i

     /türük:begler:bodun:egirip:sebinip:toŋtamış:közi:yügerü(:)körti/

     The Turkic lords (and) people worshipped (me), loved (me) and raised their eyes up.

Further reading

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yügerü”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 915
• Orkun, Hüseyin Namık (1936) Eski Türk Yazıtları [Old Turkic Inscriptions] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 529) (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurmu Basımevi, published 1994
• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yüg(g)ärü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 408