𐰖𐰺𐰸

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yaruk (“light”), equivalent to 𐰖𐰺𐰆 (yaru-, “to shine”) +‎ 𐰸 (-uq). Cognate with Uzbek yorugʻ, Kazakh жарық (jaryq), Yakut сырдык (sırdık).

Noun

𐰖𐰺𐰸 (yaruq)

1. light
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 26

     𐰴𐰢𐰍:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰺𐰸:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐱃𐰃:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     qamaɣ:üze:yaruq:boltï:tér

     The light shone over everything, it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “y(a)ruk”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 68
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaruk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 962