𐰚𐰇𐰢𐱁

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kümüĺ (“silver”). Compare Chuvash кӗмӗл (kĕmĕl, “silver”), Turkish gümüş (“silver”),Azerbaijani gümüş (“silver”), Uzbek kumush, Bashkir көмөш (kömöş), Yakut көмүс (kömüs).

Noun

𐰚𐰇𐰢𐱁 (kümüš)

  1. silver
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S5
      𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰇𐰢𐱁:𐰃𐰾𐰏𐱅𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐱃𐰖:𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰽𐰔:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰇𐰼
      altun:kümüš:išgiti:qutay:buŋsïz:anča:birür
      They give us gold, silver and silk in abundance.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “kümüš”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 354
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kümüş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 723
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