𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

According to Kashgari, derived from Common Turkic *irk- (“to gather”).^[1] Clauson doubts this, however he also states that, if true, the original meaning may have been "convener".^[2] Tezcan suggests a derivation from 𐰼 (er, “man”), however there is a vowel mismatch.

Noun

𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰤 (érkin)

a title
- 7th century CE, Çoyr Inscription, line 3:
  𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰘𐰏𐰤:𐰼𐰚𐰃𐰤
  tun:yégen:érkin
  Tun Yegen Erkin.

Descendants

→ Middle Chinese: 頡斤, 俟斤 [1]

References

^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 108
^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “irkin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225

Aydın, Erhan (2017) Orhon Yazıtları [Orkhon Inscriptions] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat, →ISBN, page 153
Aydın, Erhan (2018) Uygur Yazıtları [Uyghur Inscriptions] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Bilge Kültür Sanat, →ISBN, page 129
Kormuşin, İgor. (2011) "Çoyr Runik Kitabesinin Yeni Okuma Yorumlaması Hakkında."
Tekin, Talât (1968) “irkin”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 139

[1] -Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 108

[2] Clauson, Gerard (1972) “irkin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225

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