𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *talu (“choice, selection”), equivalent to 𐱃𐰞𐰆 (talu, “choice”) +‎ 𐰞𐰀 (-la).

Verb

𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀 (talula-)

1. (transitive) to choose, select
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 19

     𐰀𐰴:𐱃:𐰴𐰺𐰽𐰽𐰃𐰣:𐰇𐰲:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰍𐱃𐰀:𐱃𐰞𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰯𐰣:𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰏𐰚𐰀:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     āq:at:qaršïsïn:üč:boluɣta:talulapan:aɣïnqa:ötügke:ïdmïš:tér

     A white horse, having chosen its adversary in three states of existence, sent it to a dumb for praying, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “t(a)lula-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 63
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “talu:la:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 499