𐰽𐰺𐰀
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Proto-Turkic *as-. Cognate with Turkish ast.
Adverb
[edit]𐰽𐰺𐰀 (asra)
- below
- Antonym: 𐰇𐰔𐰀 (üze)
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 54
- 𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰾𐰃𐰓𐱅𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼
- üze:teŋri:ešidti:asra:kiši:bilti:tér
- Heaven above heard it; people below understood it, it says.
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “asra”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 304
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)sra”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “asra”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 250