𐰨𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Equative case of 𐰆𐰞 (ol, that). Cognate with Turkish anca.

Adverb

𐰨𐰀 (anča)

  1. like that, so, in that way
    Synonym: 𐰦𐰍 (antaɣ)
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 66
      𐰢𐱃𐰃:𐰢𐰺𐰴:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣𐰢:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼
      amtï:amraq:oɣlanïm:anča:biliŋler
      Now, my dear children, know so:..

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “anča”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 302
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)nça”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ança:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 172
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