𐰑𐰴

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adak (“foot”). Cognate with Chuvash ура (ura), Khalaj hadaq, Turkish ayak (“foot, leg”), Uzbek oyoq, Bashkir аҙаҡ (aźaq), Yakut атах (ataq).

Noun

𐰑𐰴 (adaq)

  1. (anatomy) leg, foot
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N6-7
      𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰑𐰴:𐰴𐰢𐱁𐱃𐰑𐰃:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰉𐰆𐰡𐰀𐰲𐰃:𐰼𐱅𐰃
      türük:bodun:adaq:qamšatdï:yablaq:boltačï:erti
      The Turkic people's feet tottered and were about to be put to rout.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “adaq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*adak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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