𐰾𐰋

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *seb- (“to love, like”). Cognate with Chuvash сав (sav), Khalaj səvmək, Turkish sevmek, Uzbek sevmoq, Bashkir һөйөү (höyöw), Yakut иэй (iey).

Verb

𐰾𐰋 (seb-)

1. (transitive) to like
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 3

     𐱃𐰣𐰢:𐱅𐰇𐰾𐰃:𐱃𐰴𐰃:𐱅𐰇𐰚𐰀:𐰢𐰔𐰚𐰤:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰖𐰑𐰀:𐰖𐱃𐰯𐰣:𐱃𐰯𐰞:𐰀𐰑𐰆𐰴𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰺:𐰢𐰤:𐰾𐰋𐰓𐰜𐰢𐰃𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰘𐰇𐰼:𐰢𐰤

     tanïm:tüsi:taqï:tükemezken:taluyda:yatïpan:tapladuqumïn:tutar:men:sebdükümin:yéyür:men

     Although the feathers of my body are not yet fully grown, lying down by the sea, I catch what I please (and) I eat what I like.

Derived terms

• 𐰾𐰋𐰃𐰤 (sebin-, “to rejoice”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “s(ä)b-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 62
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sev-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 784
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*seb-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill