𐱅𐰃𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tīŕ (“knee”). Cognate with Chuvash чӗр (čĕr), Turkish diz, Uzbek tiz, Kazakh тізе (tıze), Yakut түһэх (tüheq). Compare also Hungarian térd, a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐱅𐰃𐰔 (tiz)

1. (anatomy) knee
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E2

     𐰉𐱁𐰞𐰍𐰍:𐰘𐰜𐰦𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰔𐰲𐰏𐰏:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾

     bašlïɣïɣ:yüküntürmiš:tizligig:sökürmiš

     They made bow those, who had heads and made kneel those, who had knees.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “tizlig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 382
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “tiz”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 64
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱅𐰃𐰔”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ti:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 570
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dīŕ (*dǖŕ)”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill