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𐱁

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𐱁 U+10C41, 𐱁
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON ESH
𐱀
[U+10C40]
Old Turkic 𐱂
[U+10C42]
See also: 𐱀 and 𐱂

Old Turkic

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Sogdian 𐼙 (š, shin) ultimately from Classical Syriac ܫ (shin).

Letter

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𐱁 (š)

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ʃ/.

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹĺ- (to walk, to trot). Cognate with Chuvash ишме (išme), Turkish eşmek, Yakut ис (is).

Verb

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𐱁 (eš-)

  1. (intransitive) to trot, amble
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 2:
      𐰀𐰞𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰢𐰤:𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤
      āla:atlïɣ:yol:teŋri:men:yarïn:kéče:ür:men
      I am the road god with a dappled horse. (Early) in the morning and (late) in the evening I amble along.
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Etymology 3

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ẹ̄ĺ (friend, companion, mate). Cognate with Turkish (spouse, match), Tuvan эш (, friend).

Noun

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𐱁 (éš)

  1. friend, comrade
    • 8th–10th century CE, Begre (e-11), B5:
      𐰦𐰞𐰍:𐰑𐰽𐰢:𐰀:𐰦𐰽𐰃𐰔𐰑:𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐱁𐰢:𐰀:𐰑𐰺𐰞𐰑𐰢:𐰀
      antlïɣ:adašïm:a:antsïzïm:a:edgü:éšim:a:adrïldïm:a
      O my sworn and unsworn comrades, o my good companion! I departed!

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “esi”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 331
  • Károly, László, Rentzsch, Julian, editors (2017), A Database of Turkic Runiform Insciptions[2], Uppsala: Department of Linguistics and Philology
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “é:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 253
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ẹ̄ĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[3], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill