𐱄𐰆𐰟

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tul(k) (“widow”). Cognate with Chuvash тӑлӑх (tălăh, “orphan”), Old Uyghur twl (tul), Turkish dul, Uzbek tul, Bashkir тол (tol).

Noun

𐱄𐰆𐰟 (tul)

1. (Yenisei Kyrgyz) widow
   • 8-10th century CE, Kejeelig-Hovu (e-45)

     𐰵𐰆𐰗𐰒𐰁:𐰵𐰆𐰩𐰆𐰗𐰆𐰢:𐱄𐰆𐰟:𐰵𐰟𐱄𐰄:𐰾𐰄𐰕𐰢

     quyda:qončuyum:tul:qaltï:esizim

     My wife, the princess, at hearth became a widow, alas!

References

• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱃𐰆𐰞”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Erhan Aydın, (2013), “Yenisey Yazıtlarındaki Tek Örnekler”, Türkbilig, vol: 36, page: 37-49.[1]
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tu:l”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 490
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dul(k)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill