𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kork- (“to fear”). Cognate with Chuvash хӑра (hăra), Turkish korkmak, Uzbek qoʻrqmoq, Bashkir ҡурҡыу (qurqıw), Tuvan коргар (korgar).

Verb

𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴 (qorq-)

1. (intransitive) to fear

   Synonyms: 𐰪 (ań-), 𐰇𐰼𐰛 (ürk-), 𐰖𐰃𐰣 (ayïn-)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 2

     𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰾

     kiši:qorqmïš

     The humans were scared.

Derived terms

• 𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰨 (qorqïnč, “fear”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qorq-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kork-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kork-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 651