𐰾𐰤𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *esne- (“to yawn”). Cognate with Chuvash анасла (anasla), Turkish esnemek, Uzbek esnamoq, Tatar иснәү (isnäw).

Verb

𐰾𐰤𐰀 (esne-)

1. (intransitive) to yawn
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 10

     𐰾𐰤𐰏𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰽:𐰢𐰤

     esnegen:bars:men

     I am a yawning leopard.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(ä)sn(ä)-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “esne:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 249