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𐰸

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𐰸 U+10C38, 𐰸
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OQ
𐰷
[U+10C37]
Old Turkic 𐰹
[U+10C39]
See also: 𐰹

Old Turkic

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Etymology 1

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Pictogram of an arrow, compare Proto-Turkic *ok (arrow), whence Etymology 2.

Letter

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𐰸 (q̊¹)

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /uq/, /oq/, /qu/, /qo/, used with back vowels.

References

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ok (arrow). Cognate with Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), Turkish ok, Uzbek oʻq, Bashkir уҡ (uq), Yakut ох (oq).

Noun

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𐰸 (oq)

  1. arrow
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E36:
      𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰏:𐰸𐰣:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰃:𐰚𐰃:𐰼𐰏:𐰆𐰑:𐱁𐰺𐰆:𐰽𐰨𐰓𐰃
      bir:erig:oqun:urtï:eki:erig:ud:ašru:sančdï
      He hit one man with an arrow and stabbed two men through their thighs.

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “oq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 358
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ok”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 3

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōk (tribe). Cognate with Chuvash йӑх (jăh).

Noun

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𐰸 (oq)

  1. (anthropology) tribe, clan
    Synonyms: 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš), 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz), 𐰉𐰆𐰑 (bod)
    • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IE2:
      𐰆𐰣:𐰸:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰃:𐰖𐰍𐰢𐰔:𐰼𐱅𐰃
      on:oq:qaɣanï:yaɣïmïz:erti
      The khagan of the Ten Tribes was our enemy.
Derived terms
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References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “oq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 358
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 4

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ök (emphatic particle).

Postposition

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𐰸 (oq)

  1. Alternative form of 𐰜 (ök) after back vowels