𐰠𐰏

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *elig (“hand”). Cognate with Chuvash алӑ (ală), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷 (elig), Turkish el (“hand”), Uzbek ilik, Yakut илии (ilii).

Noun

𐰠𐰏 (elig)

1. (anatomy) hand
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 63

     𐰴𐰣:𐰠𐰏𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰢𐰃𐰾

     qan:eligin:tutmïš

     The khan caught it with (his) hand.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “älig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “(ä)l(i)g”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “elig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 140
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*el, -ig”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ellig (“fifty”). Cognate with Chuvash аллă (allă), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐾁𐽰𐽷 (elig), Khalaj əllig, Turkish elli (“fifty”), Uzbek ellik, Bashkir илле (ille), Khakas иліг (ilìg).

Numeral

𐰠𐰏 (ellig)

1. fifty
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E8

     𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾:𐰠𐰏:𐰘𐰃𐰞:𐰃𐰾𐰏:𐰚𐰇𐰲𐰏:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰢𐰾

     körmiš:ellig:yïl:išig:küčüg:bérmiš

     ...and gave their services and power to him for fifty years.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “älig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 325
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ellig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 141