𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain, however most attempts at derivation suggest 𐰚𐰇𐰚 (kök, “blue”) + 𐰢𐰤 (-men, “deadjectival nominal suffix”), although historical forms of such a derivation point toward *kökmen with -k- not -g-.
Some older sources suggest that the word had meant the Sayan Mountains, however Aydın states that it'd be far too westward and instead suggests that it meant Tannu-Ola Mountains instead.
Proper noun
[edit]𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤 (kögmen)
- the Tannu-Ola Mountains
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E17:
- 𐰚𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤:𐱁𐰀:𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐱅𐰏𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢𐰔
- kögmen:aša:kïrkïz:yériŋe:tegi:süledimiz
- We went on campaigns up to the land of Kyrgyzes, beyond the Tannu-Ola mountains.
Alternative forms
[edit]- 𐰜𐰇𐰏𐰢𐰤 (Kögmen)
References
[edit]- Aydın, Erhan (2016) “Kögmen”, in Eski Türk Yer Adları [Old Turkic Place Names] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat, →ISBN, page 107
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “kögmän”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 351