𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yolï- (“to pluck”). Cognate with Chuvash ҫул (śul),Turkish yolmak, Uzbek yulmoq, Bashkir йолҡоу (yolqow), Yakut сулуй (suluy).

Verb

𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃 (yulï-)

1. (transitive) to pluck
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 8:

     𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰍𐰽𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰴𐰃𐰞𐰲𐰃𐰣:𐰚𐰾𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰢:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰃𐰤:𐰉𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰣:𐰖𐰆𐰞:𐰋𐰃𐰤𐱅𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     altun:quruɣsaqïmïn:qïlïčïn:kesipen:özüm:yul:intin:bašïmïn:yul:ebintin:tér

     Cutting my golden stomach with a sword, pluck my self out of its lair and pluck my head out of its house, it says.

2. (transitive) to pillage, plunder
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IIW4:

     𐱅𐰏𐰓𐰢𐰔:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰔

     tegdimiz:yulïdïmïz

     (Thus) we attacked and plundered (their camp).

Derived terms

• 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰲𐰃 (yulïɣčï, “plunderer”)
• 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰸 (yuluq, “extinct”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yulï-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 407
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “yul-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 69
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yul-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 918
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jol-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

From 𐰖𐰆𐰞 (yol, “road”) +‎ 𐰃 (-ï, “third person possessive suffix”)

Postposition

𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃 (yolï)

1. (mathematics) times
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N4:

     𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰘𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐱁:𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰃:𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁𐰓𐰢𐰔

     bir:yïlqa:béš:yolï:süŋüšdümüz

     We fought five times in a year.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yolï”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 406
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yo:l”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 917