𐰶𐰃𐰽𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derivation from 𐰶𐰃𐰽 (qïs-, “to squeeze; to suppress, subdue”) +‎ 𐰞 (-ïl) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïs- (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Chuvash хӗс (hĕs), Turkish kısmak (“to reduce, squeeze”), Kazakh қысу (qysu).

Noun

𐰶𐰃𐰽𐰞 (qïsïl)

1. glen, mountain-cleft
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E37

     𐰾𐰠𐰭𐰀:𐰸𐰆𐰑𐰃:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰯𐰣:𐰴𐰺𐰍𐰣:𐰶𐰃𐰽𐰞𐱃𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰴𐰃𐰤:𐰦𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰔𐰑𐰢

     seleŋe:qodï:yorïpan:qarɣan:qïsïlta:ebin:barqïn:anta:buzdum

     Having marched down along the Selenga, I destroyed their residences there, at the Qarghan glen.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qïsïl”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 345
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kısıl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 667