𐰚𐰇𐰼

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kör- (“to see, look”). Cognate with Chuvash курма (kurma), Turkish gör- (“to see”), Uzbek koʻrmoq, Bashkir күреү (kürew), Yakut көр (kör).

Verb

𐰚𐰇𐰼 (kör-)

1. (transitive) to see; to look at
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 21

     𐰇𐰓𐰢𐰭:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰭:𐰇𐰼𐰚𐱅𐱅𐰭:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     ödmeŋ:körmeŋ:ürk(m)eŋ:tér

     'Don't get excited, don't look at it (and) don't frighten it!', it says.

2. (auxiliary verb) Forms verbs with the sense of being ordered to do them
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IN2

     𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰑𐰯:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰘𐰠𐰇:𐰜𐰼:𐱅𐰢𐰾

     buŋadïp:qaɣan:yelü:kör:témiš

     Having become utterly bored, the khagan said: 'Ride fast!'

Alternative forms

• 𐰜𐰼 (kör-)
• 𐰛𐰈𐰼 (kör-) (Irk Bitig)

Derived terms

• 𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰏 (körüg, “scout”)
• 𐰛𐰈𐰼𐰈𐰾 (körüš-, “to meet”)
• 𐰛𐰈𐰼𐰝𐰠𐰈𐰏 (körüklüg, “having a wide view”)

Related terms

• 𐰚𐰇𐰕 (köz, “eye”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “kör-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 352
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kör-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 58
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰚𐰇𐰼”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kör-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 736
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*göŕ (*gör-s) / *gör-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill