𐰠𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 龍 (MC ljowng, “dragon”), specifically from a dialect without the final -ŋ.

Noun

𐰠𐰇 (lü)

1. dragon
   • 8th century CE, Ongin Inscription, Supp. 4

     𐰠𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:

     lü:yïlqa

     ...at the Year of Dragon...

Descendants

• → Middle Mongol: ᠯᠤᠤ (luu)
  • Classical Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤ (luu)
    • Mongolian: ᠯᠤᠤ／луу (luu)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “lü”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 355
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “lu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 763