𐱃𐰆𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *tōz (“dust”). Cognate with Turkish toz, Uyghur توز (toz), Kazakh тоз (toz), Western Yugur tos. Compare also Mongolian тоос (toos).

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰔 (toz)

1. dust
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 15

     𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰔:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰃

     üze:tuman:turdï:asra:toz:turdï

     The fog was hanging above (and) the dust was rising below

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “toz”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “to:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 570-571