𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küntüŕ (“daytime, morning; noon”), equivalent to 𐰚𐰇𐰤 (kün, “day; sun”) +‎ 𐱅𐰔 (-tüz). Cognate with Chuvash кӑнтӑр (kănt̬ăr), Turkish gündüz (“daytime, morning”), Uzbek kunduz, Bashkir көндөҙ (köndöź), Yakut күнүс (künüs).

Noun

𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔 (küntüz)

1. daytime, morning

   Synonym: 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (yarïn)

   Antonyms: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče), 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (tün)

   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E27

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰤:𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰑𐰢𐰑𐰢:𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰢𐰑𐰢

     türük:bodun:üčün:tün:udïmadïm:küntüz:olurmadïm

     ...for the sake of the Turkic people, I did not sleep by night and I did not relax by day.

Adverb

𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔 (küntüz)

1. during the day, morning

   Synonym: 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (yarïn)

   Antonyms: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče), 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (tün)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “küntüz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 354
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küntüz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 729