Etymology 1
Pictogram of an arrow, compare Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”), whence Etymology 2.
Letter
𐰸 (q̊¹)
- A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /uq/, /oq/, /qu/, /qo/, used with back vowels.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ok (“arrow”). Cognate with Chuvash ухӑ (uh̬ă), Turkish ok, Uzbek oʻq, Bashkir уҡ, Yakut ох (oq).
Noun
𐰸 (oq)
- arrow
8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E36:𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐰼𐰏:𐰸𐰣:𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰃:𐰚𐰃:𐰼𐰏:𐰆𐰑:𐱁𐰺𐰆:𐰽𐰨𐰓𐰃- bir:erig:oqun:urtï:eki:erig:ud:ašru:sančdï
- He hit one man with an arrow and stabbed two men through their thighs.
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “oq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 358
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ok”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 3
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ōk (“tribe”). Cognate with Chuvash йӑх (jăh).
Noun
𐰸 (oq)
- (anthropology) tribe, clan
- Synonyms: 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš), 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz), 𐰉𐰆𐰑 (bod)
8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IE2:𐰆𐰣:𐰸:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰃:𐰖𐰍𐰢𐰔:𐰼𐱅𐰃- on:oq:qaɣanï:yaɣïmïz:erti
- The khagan of the Ten Tribes was our enemy.
Derived terms
- 𐰆𐰍𐰞 (oɣul, “child”)
- 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣 (oɣlan, “children”)
- 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐱃 (oɣlït, “children”)
- 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰴 (oɣlaq, “yeanling”)
- 𐰆𐰍𐱁 (oɣuš, “family”)
- 𐰆𐰍𐰔 (oɣuz, “tribe”)
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “oq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 358
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ok”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 76
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*uk”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 4
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ök (“emphatic particle”).
Postposition
𐰸 (oq)
- Alternative form of 𐰜 (ök) after back vowels