𐰖𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāŕ (spring; summer). Cognate with Chuvash ҫур (śur), Khalaj yâaz, Turkish yaz (summer), Uzbek yoz, Bashkir яҙ (yaź), Yakut саас (saas). Compare also Hungarian nyár, a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐰖𐰔 (yaz)

  1. spring
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S2
      𐰆𐱃𐰔:𐰺𐱃𐰸𐰃:𐱃𐰆𐰴𐰔:𐰖𐱁𐰢𐰃:𐰖𐰔𐰣:𐱃𐱃𐰉𐰃:𐱃𐰯𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢
      otuz:artuqï:toquz:yašïma:yazïn:tatabï:tapa:süledim
      At the age of thirty-nine, in spring, I went on a campaign against the Kumo Xi.

Derived terms

  • 𐰖𐰔𐰣 (yazïn, during spring)

See also

Seasons in Old Turkic (layout · text) · category
𐰖𐰔 (yaz, spring) 𐰖𐰖 (yay, summer) 𐰚𐰇𐰔 (küz, autumn) 𐰶𐰃𐱁 (qïš, winter)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yaz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 399
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ya:z”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 982
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāŕ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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