𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔

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Old Turkic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küntüŕ (daytime, morning; noon), equivalent to 𐰚𐰇𐰤 (kün, day; sun) +‎ 𐱅𐰔 (-tüz). Cognate with Chuvash кӑнтӑр (kănt̬ăr), Turkish gündüz (daytime, morning), Uzbek kunduz, Bashkir көндөҙ (köndöź), Yakut күнүс (künüs).

Noun[edit]

𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔 (küntüz)

  1. daytime, morning
    Synonym: 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (yarïn)
    Antonyms: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče), 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (tün)
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E27
      𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰤:𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰆𐰑𐰢𐰑𐰢:𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰢𐰑𐰢
      türük:bodun:üčün:tün:udïmadïm:küntüz:olurmadïm
      ...for the sake of the Turkic people, I did not sleep by night and I did not relax by day.

Adverb[edit]

𐰚𐰇𐰤𐱅𐰔 (küntüz)

  1. during the day, morning
    Synonym: 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (yarïn)
    Antonyms: 𐰛𐰃𐰲𐰀 (kéče), 𐱅𐰇𐰤 (tün)

References[edit]

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “küntüz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 354
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “küntüz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 729