𐱅𐰃𐰠𐰛𐰇

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tilkü (fox). Cognate with Chuvash тилӗ (tilĕ), Khalaj tilkü, Turkish tilki, Uzbek tulki, Bashkir төлкө (tölkö), Tuvan дилги (dilgi).

Noun

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𐱅𐰃𐰠𐰛𐰇 (tilkü)

  1. fox
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 46
      𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰔𐰃𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰠𐰛𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼
      basïnu:yémiš:özin:tilkü:yémiš:tér
      It kept on eating while sinking down, (but) itself was eaten by a fox, it says.

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