𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰨

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐱃𐰺𐰃𐰴 (tarïq-, “to be uneasy, to be difficult”) +‎ 𐰨 (-ïnč) from 𐱃𐰺 (tar, “narrow”) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *tār (“narrow”). Cognate with Turkish dar (“narrow”), Uzbek tor, Bashkir тар (tar), Tuvan тар (tar).

Adjective

𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰨 (tarqïnč)

1. uneasy, difficult, hard to manage (of a person or animal)
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, E5

     𐰆𐰍𐰔𐰃:𐰘𐰢𐰀:𐱃𐰺𐰴𐰨:𐰆𐰞:𐱅𐰢𐰾

     oɣuz:yeme:tarqïnč:ol:témiš

     He had said that the tribes were uneasy again.

Related terms

• 𐱃𐰺 (tar, “narrow”)
• 𐱃𐰺𐰃𐰴 (tarïq-, “to be uneasy, to be difficult”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “tarqïnč”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 376
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tarkınç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 540