𐰼𐰨

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰼 (er-, “to be”) +‎ 𐰨 (-inč).

Adverb

𐰼𐰨 (erinč)

1. presumably, supposedly, certainly
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E4

     𐰉𐰆𐰖𐰺𐰸𐰃:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰼𐰨:𐰞𐰯:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰼𐰨

     buyruqï:yeme:bilge:ermiš:erinč:alp:ermiš:erinč

     Their officers, too, were presumably wise and tough.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ärinč”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 328
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰼𐰨”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “erinç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 234