𐰖𐰃𐱁

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *ï (“bush, tree”).

Noun

𐰖𐰃𐱁 (yïš)

1. wooded mountain

   Synonym: 𐱃𐰍 (taɣ)

   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS8

     𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰽𐰍𐰀𐰺𐰆:𐰆𐰑𐰔𐱅𐰢

     ötüken:yïšɣaru:uduzdïm

     I lead them toward the Ötüken mountains.

Alternative forms

• 𐰘𐰃𐰾 (yis) (Irk Bitig)

Derived terms

• 𐰇𐱅𐰚𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (Ötüken Yïš, “Ötüken Mountains”)
• 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (Altun Yïš, “Altai Mountains”)

Related terms

• 𐰃 (ï, “bush”)
• 𐰃 (ïɣač, “tree”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yïs”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 403
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “yiş”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 69
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yı:ş”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 976
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jɨĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill