𐰴𐰆𐰉𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kobï. Cognate with Turkish kof, kovuk.

Adjective

𐰴𐰆𐰉𐰃 (qobï)

1. empty, nonexistent
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 36

     𐰴𐰆𐰉𐰃:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰨𐰃𐰭:𐰖𐰆𐰸

     qobï:atlïɣ:qorqïnčïŋ:yoq

     (However), you are not afraid of having no reputation.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “kobı”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 56
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kof”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kovı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 581
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kobu-k”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill