𐰍𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āgïl (“fold, village”). Cognate with Chuvash ял (jal), Turkish ağıl, Bashkir ауыл (awıl), Yakut ыал (ıal). Compare also Hungarian ól, a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐰍𐰞 (aɣïl)

1. pen, fold
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 47

     𐰴𐰆𐱃:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰍𐰞𐰭𐱃𐰀:𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰴𐰃𐰭:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐰇𐰔𐰇𐰭:𐰆𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾

     qut:bérmiš:aɣlïŋta:yïlqïŋ:bolzun:özüŋ:uzun:bolzun:témiš

     (The god) gave his divine favor (and) said: 'May you get livestock in your pens! May your life be long!'

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)g(ı)l”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağıl”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 83