𐰞𐰴𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *alk- (“to finish, to complete, to destroy”), equivalent to 𐰞𐰴 (alq-, “to finish, to complete”) +‎ 𐰆 (-u). Cognate with Old Uyghur “lxw (alqu).

Pronoun

𐰞𐰴𐰆 (alqu)

1. everyone
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 66

     𐰨𐰯:𐰞𐰴𐰆:𐰚𐰤𐱅𐰇:𐰇𐰠𐰇𐰏𐰃:𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰏:𐰆𐰞

     ančïp:alqu:kentü:ülügi:erklig:ol

     Thus, everyone is master of his own fate.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)lku”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 67
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “alku:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 137