𐱅𐰇

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tǖk (“hair”). Cognate with Chuvash тӗк (tĕk), Khalaj tü̂k, Turkish tüy, Uzbek tuk, Bashkir төк (tök), Yakut түү (tüü).

Noun

𐱅𐰇 (tü)

1. (zootomy) feather
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 3

     𐱃𐰣𐰢:𐱅𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐱃𐰴𐰃:𐱅𐰇𐰚𐰀:𐰢𐰔𐰚𐰤:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰖𐰑𐰀:𐰖𐱃𐰯𐰣:𐱃𐰯𐰞:𐰀𐰑𐰆𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰺:𐰢𐰤:𐰾𐰋𐰓𐰜𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     tanïm:tüsi:taqï:tükemezken:taluyda:yatïpan:tapladuqumïn:tutar:men:sebdükümin:yéyür:men

     Although the feathers of my body are not yet fully grown, lying down by the sea, I catch what I please (and) I eat what I like.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “tü”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 433
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tǖk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill