𐱅𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teŕ- (“to flee”). Cognate with Turkish tez (“quickly, fast”).

Verb

𐱅𐰔 (tez-)

1. (intransitive) to run away, flee

   Synonym: 𐰴𐰲 (qač-)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 58

     𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐰇𐰏𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰀:𐰴𐰭𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰀:𐰇𐰋𐰚𐰠𐰀𐰯𐰤:𐱅𐰔𐰯𐰤:𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾

     oɣlï:öginte:qaŋïnta:öbkelepen:tezipen:barmïš

     A son, being angry with his mother and father, ran away.

Derived terms

• 𐱆𐰕𐰃𐰐 (tezig, “quick, fast”)
• 𐱅𐰼𐰚𐰠𐰀 (terkle-, “to hurry”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “t(ä)z-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 64
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tez-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 572
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tēŕ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill