𐰃𐰍𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ïgač (tree). Cognate with Chuvash йывӑҫ (jyvăś, tree), Uzbek yogʻoch (tree), Turkish ağaç (tree), Bashkir ағас (ağas, tree; wood, timber).

Noun

𐰃𐰍𐰲 (ïɣač)

  1. tree
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 14
      𐰴𐰆𐰔𐰍𐰆𐰣𐰆𐰍:𐰃𐰍𐰲𐰴𐰀:𐰉𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾
      quzɣunuɣ:ïɣačqa:bamïš
      They fastened a raven to a tree.
  2. a piece of wood, log, timber
  • 𐰃 (ï, bush)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “ïγač”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 332
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “ıg(a)ç”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 54
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ığaç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 79
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ɨ, *ɨ-(ń)gač”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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