𐰸𐰆𐰪

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Common Turkic *koń (“sheep”). Cognate with Khalaj qôn, Turkish koyun, Uzbek qo’y, Tatar қуй, Tuvan хой (xoy). Compare also Mongolian хонь (xonʹ) and Manchu ᡥᠣᠨᡳᠨ (honin), Turkic borrowings.

Noun

𐰸𐰆𐰪 (qoń)

  1. sheep
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E12
      𐰴𐰭𐰢:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃:𐱅𐰏:𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰖𐰍𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐰪 :𐱅𐰏:𐰼𐰢𐰾
      qaŋïm:qaɣan:süsi:böri:teg:ermiš:yaɣïsï:qoń:teg:ermiš
      ...the soldiers of my father, the khagan, were like wolves and, his enemies were like sheep.

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “qoń”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 347
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “kony”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 57
  • Mehmet, Ölmez (2023) Kök Tengri ve Yağız Yer Arasında [Between the Blue Sky and the Black Earth] (in Turkish), 1st edition, Ankara: BilgeSu Yayınları, →ISBN, pages 32-33
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “koñ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 631
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