𐰛𐰝𐰢𐰛
Appearance
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown, there are some plausible cognates including Western Yugur kegmek (“a kind of deer”).[1]
Noun
[edit]𐰛𐰝𐰢𐰛 (kökmek)
- (Yenisei Kyrgyz) stag
- 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
[edit]- ^ 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