𐰸𐰆𐰪

Old Turkic

Inherited from Common Turkic *koń (“sheep”). Cognate with Khalaj qôn, Turkish koyun, Uzbek qo’y, Tatar қуй, Tuvan хой (xoy). Compare also Mongolian хонь (xonʹ) and Manchu ᡥᠣᠨᡳᠨ (honin), Turkic borrowings.

𐰸𐰆𐰪 (qoń)

sheep
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E12
  𐰴𐰭𐰢:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃:𐱅𐰏:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰖𐰍𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐰪 :𐱅𐰏:𐰼𐰢𐰾
  qaŋïm:qaɣan:süsi:böri:teg:ermiš:yaɣïsï:qoń:teg:ermiš
  ...the soldiers of my father, the khagan, were like wolves and, his enemies were like sheep.

Tekin, Talât (1968) “qoń”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
Tekin, Talât (1993) “kony”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
Mehmet, Ölmez (2023) Kök Tengri ve Yağız Yer Arasında [Between the Blue Sky and the Black Earth] (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: BilgeSu Yayınları, →ISBN, pages 32-33
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “koñ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 631