𐰜

𐰜 U+10C1C, 𐰜 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OEK ← 𐰛 [U+10C1B] Old Turkic 𐰝 → [U+10C1D]

See also: 𐰝

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Letter

𐰜 (k̥)

1. (Orkhon Turkic) A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /yk/, /øk/, /ky/, /kø/ used with front vowels.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *ök (“emphatic particle”).

Postposition

𐰜 (ök)

1. emphatic particle
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, W7

     𐰋𐰠𐰏𐰾𐰃:𐰲𐰉𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰤:𐰜:𐰼𐱅𐰢

     bilgesi:čabšï:ben:ök:ertim

     I, myself, was his advisor and commander.

Usage notes

1. Adheres to the vowel harmony of the word that comes before it.

   ‎𐰉𐰺 (bar, “there is”) + ‎𐰜 (k̥) → ‎𐰉𐰺:𐰸 (bar:ok, “there certainly is”)

2. In certain instances where a word ends in a vowel, it might turn into a suffix 𐰚- (-k).

   ‎𐰇𐰠𐰼 (ölür-, “to kill”) + ‎𐰜 (k̥) → ‎𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰲𐰃𐰚 (ölürteçik, “He/she/it will certainly kill”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰸 (oq)
• 𐰝 (ök) (Irk Bitig, Yenisei Kyrgyz)
• 𐰹 (oq) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)
• 𐰚- (-k)
• 𐰴- (-q)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ök”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 363
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76