𐰖𐰑𐰍
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yadag (“foot soldier; on foot”). Cognate with Turkish yaya (“pedestrian”), Uzbek yayov (“on foot”), Bashkir йәйәү (yəyəw, “by foot”), Yakut сатыы (satıı, “on foot”).
Noun[edit]
𐰖𐰑𐰍 (yadaɣ)
- foot soldier
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S1
- 𐰖𐰑𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰚𐰦𐰃:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰢
- yadaɣ:süsin:ékinti:kün:qop:ölürtüm
- On the second day, I killed their foot soldiers in great numbers.
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S1
Derived terms[edit]
- 𐰖𐰑𐰍𐰣 (yadaɣïn, “on foot”)
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “yadaγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 395
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaḏa:ğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 887