𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰢𐰭𐰃 (mŋi /⁠meŋi⁠/, “joy”) +‎ 𐰠𐰀 (l²a /⁠-le⁠/, verb forming suffix).

Verb

𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰀 (mŋil²a /meŋile-/)

1. to rejoice, to be happy

   Synonym: 𐰾𐰋𐰤 (s²b²n² /⁠sebin-⁠/)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 28

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐱅⁚𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰭𐱃𐰴𐰃⁚𐰓𐰏𐰇𐰾𐰃⁚𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃⁚𐱅𐰃𐰼𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰯𐰤⁚𐰢𐰭𐰃𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼⁚𐰋𐰓𐰃𐰔𐰠𐰘𐰇𐰼

     t²ür²t²:b¹ul¹uŋt¹qi:d²güs²i:uy¹ur¹i:t²ir²il²ipn²:mŋil²y²ür²:b²d²izl²y²ür²

     /tört:buluŋtaqï:edgüsi:uyurï:tirilipen:meŋileyür:bedizleyür/

     The good (and) skillful men in all quarters of the world, having assembled (there), rejoice and adorn (his court).

Further reading

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “meŋi:le:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 770a
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “m(ä)ŋil(ä)-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 59