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𐰛𐰝𐰢𐰛

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Unknown, there are some plausible cognates including Western Yugur kegmek (a kind of deer).[1]

Noun

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𐰛𐰝𐰢𐰛 (kökmek)

  1. (Yenisei Kyrgyz) stag
    Synonyms: 𐰊𐰎𐰆 (buɣu), 𐰽𐰃𐰍𐰆𐰣 (sïɣun)
    • 8-10th century CE, Begre (e-11), line 10:
      𐰙𐱆𐰄:𐰌𐰈𐰼𐰄:𐰈𐰠𐰼𐰓𐰢𐰀𐰊𐰻𐰽𐰎:𐰛𐰝𐰢𐰛𐰐𐰈𐰠𐰼𐰢𐰓𐰢𐰀
      yéti:böri:ölürdümebarsïɣ:kökmekigölürmedime
      I killed seven wolves, but did not kill leopards or stags.

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kökmek”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 711
  • Aydın, Erhan (2019) Sibirya'da Türk İzleri & Yenisey Yazıtları [Turkic Traces in Siberia & Yenisei Inscriptions] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat, →ISBN, page 264