𐱁𐰑

Old Turkic

Etymology

From an Iranian language, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xšáyati. Compare also Turkish şah (“shah”) a borrowing from the same source through Persian شاه (šâh, “king”).

Noun

𐱁𐰑 (šad)

1. Shad, a title, usually considered to be one step below the khagan
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E15

     𐱅𐰇𐰼𐱅𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰢𐰃:𐰖𐱁𐰃𐰢𐰴𐰀:𐱃𐰺𐰑𐰆𐱁:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱁𐰑:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐱃𐰢

     törtyégirmi:yašïmqa:tarduš:bodun:üze:šad:olurtum

     I ruled over the Tardu people as their shad at the age of fourteen.

Derived terms

• 𐱁𐰑𐰯𐰃𐱃 (šadpït)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “šad”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 373
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “şaḏ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 866