𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *yāl-. Cognate with Turkish yalvaç (“prophet”).

Noun

𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲 (yalbač)

1. (law) envoy
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 11

     𐰽𐰺𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰽𐰉𐰲𐰃:𐰖𐰔𐰍:𐱃𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰞𐰉𐰲:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰾𐰇𐰔:𐰽𐰉:𐰠𐱅𐰃:𐰚𐰠𐰃𐰼:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     sarïɣ:atlïɣ:sabčï:yazïɣ:atlïɣ:yalbač:edgü:söz:sab:elti:kelir:tér

     There comes a messenger on a yellow horse (and) an envoy on a dark brown horse, bringing good tidings, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “yalabač”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 395
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)l(a)b(a)ç”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yala:vaç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 921
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jāl-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill