𐰑𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *adïg (“bear”). Cognate with Turkish ayı (“bear”), Uzbek ayiq (“bear”), Bashkir айыу (ayıw, “bear”), Tuvan адыг (adıg, “bear”), Khakas азығ (azığ, “bear”).

Noun

𐰑𐰍 (adïɣ)

1. bear
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 6

     𐰑𐰍𐰞𐰃:𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰔𐰞𐰃:𐰀𐰺𐱃:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     adïɣlï:toŋuzlï:art:üze:soqušmïš

     A bear and a boar met on a mountain pass.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)d(ı)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “aḏığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 45