𐰲

𐰲 U+10C32, 𐰲 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON EC ← 𐰱 [U+10C31] Old Turkic 𐰳 → [U+10C33]

See also: 𐰳

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Derived from Sogdian 𐼗 (c, “sadhe”), ultimately from Classical Syriac ܨ (“sadhe”).

Letter

𐰲 (č)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /t͡ʃ/.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ç”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 27

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ač- (“to open”). Cognate with Chuvash уҫ (uś), Khalaj haçmaq, Turkish aç- (“to open”), Uzbek ochmoq, Bashkir асыу (asıw), Yakut ас (as).

Verb

𐰲 (ač-)

1. (transitive) to open
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 40:

     𐱃𐰞𐰢:𐰆𐰺𐰃:𐰖𐰺𐰣:𐰲𐰀:𐰖𐰽𐰃𐰲𐰃𐰤:𐰖𐰞𐰢:𐰴𐰖𐰍:𐰖𐰺𐰀:𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰆𐰯𐰣:𐰖𐰞𐰭𐰆𐰽𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰖𐰆𐰺:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     talïm:urï:yarïn:ača:yasïčïn:yalïm:qayaɣ:yara:urupan:yalŋusun:yorïyur:tér

     A bold youth marches alone, opening (his) shoulder, striking and splitting the bare rock with a broad arrow-head, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ač-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)ç-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰀𐰲”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 18
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ač-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill