𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰏
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 𐰾𐰇𐰭 (süŋ-, “to pierce”) + 𐰏 (-üg) itself inherited from Proto-Turkic *süŋ- (“to pierce, to war”). Cognate with 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁 (süŋüš, “battle, war”), 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐱁 (süŋüš-, “to fight, to war”).
Noun[edit]
𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰏 (süŋüg)
- lance, spear
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, D26-27
- 𐰾𐰇𐰭𐰏:𐰉𐱃𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰺𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰚𐰯𐰤
- süŋüg:batïmï:qarïɣ:söküpen
- Having opened our way through the lance-deep snow...
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, D26-27
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “süŋüg”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 372
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “süŋü:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 834