𐰖𐰪

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāń- (“to shake”). Cognate with Khalaj yâmaq, Azerbaijani yaxalamaq, Turkish yıkamak, Turkmen yāymak.

Verb

𐰖𐰪 (yań-)

(transitive) to scatter, put to rout
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E34
  𐰣𐰃:𐰖𐰪𐰯:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏𐰃:𐰖𐰺𐰍𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰔𐰑𐰢𐰔
  anï:yańïp:türgi:yarɣun:költe:bozdumuz
  We dispersed them and put them to rout at the lake Türgi-Yargun.

Alternative forms

𐰖𐰖 (yay-) (Ongin Inscription)

References

Tekin, Talât (1968) “yań-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 399
Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yań-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 942

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