𐰴𐰆𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kol- (“to ask for”). Cognate with Turkish kolay (“easy”).

Verb

𐰴𐰆𐰞 (qol-)

1. (transitive) to beg, wish, ask for

   Synonyms: 𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺 (yalbar-), 𐱅𐰃𐰠𐰀 (tile-)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 47

     𐰴𐰆𐱃:𐰴𐰆𐰞𐰢𐰃𐰾

     qut:qolmïš

     He asked for his divine favor.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kol-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 56
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kol-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 616
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kol-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Common Turkic *kul (“slave, servant”). Cognate with Turkish kul (“servant”), Uzbek qul, Bashkir ҡол (qol), Yakut кулут (kulut).

Noun

𐰴𐰆𐰞 (qul)

1. a male slave, servant
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54

     𐰴𐰆𐰞:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐰋𐰏𐰃𐰭𐰼𐰇:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰤𐰇𐰼:𐰴𐰆𐰔𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰽𐰉𐰃:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺𐰆𐰺

     qul:sabï:begiŋerü:ötünür:quzɣun:sabï:teŋrigerü:yalbarur

     The slave's words are a request to his master; the ravens words are a prayer to heaven.

Alternative forms

• 𐰸𐰆𐰞 (qul)

Derived terms

• 𐰸𐰆𐰞𐰑 (qulad-, “to become a slave”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qul”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kul”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kul”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 615
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kul”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill