𐰞𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *alk- (“to finish, to complete, to destroy”).

Verb

𐰞𐰴 (alq-)

1. (transitive) to finish, complete
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, NE:

     𐰉𐰺𐰴𐰃𐰤:𐰋𐰓𐰔𐰃𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏:𐱃𐱁𐰃𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰲𐰃𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰨:𐰖:𐰘𐰃𐱅𐰃:𐰆𐱃𐰔𐰴𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰯:𐰞𐰴𐰑𐰢𐰔

     barqïn:bedizin:bitig:tašïn:béčin:yïlqa:yétinč:ay:yéti:otuzqa:qop:alqdïmïz

     We finished his mausoleum, statues and paintings, and his inscription stone on the twenty-seventh day of the seventh month, on the Year of Monkey.

Derived terms

• 𐰞𐰴𐰆 (alqu, “everyone”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “alq-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alk-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 135