𐰖𐰃𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *ań- (“to fear”), equivalent to 𐰪 (ań-, “to fear”) +‎ 𐰃𐰣 (-ïn). Cognate with Mongolian айх (ajx).

Verb

𐰖𐰃𐰣 (ayïn-)

1. (intransitive) to fear

   Synonyms: 𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴 (qorq-), 𐰇𐰼𐰛 (ürk-), 𐰪 (ań-)

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 19

     𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰴𐰢𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃:𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐰣𐰢𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇𐱅𐰃:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰺:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     qorqma:edgüti:ötün:ayïnma:edgüti:yalbar:tér

     'Fear not, pray well; do not be afraid, implore well!' it says.

Related terms

• 𐰪𐰃𐰍 (ańïɣ, “bad, evil”)
• 𐰪𐱃 (ańït-, “to frighten”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(a)yın-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 48
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ayın-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 274