𐰠𐱅

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹlt-. Cognate with Chuvash леҫ (leś), Turkish iletmek, Bashkir илтеү (iltew), Yakut илт (ilt).

Verb

𐰠𐱅 (élt-)

1. (transitive) to carry, bear
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 11

     𐰽𐰺𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰽𐰉𐰲𐰃:𐰖𐰔𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰾𐰇𐰔:𐰽𐰉:𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     sarïɣ:atlïɣ:sabčï:yazïɣ:atlïɣ:yalbač:edgü:söz:sab:elti:kelir:tér

     There comes a messenger on a yellow horse (and) an envoy on a dark brown horse, bearing good tidings, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “elt-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 331
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(e)lt-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “élet-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 132
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹl-t-, -č-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill