𐰽𐰗

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *say (“area covered with stones; shallow”). Cognate with Azerbaijani say.

Noun

𐰽𐰗 (say)

1. gravel, pebble
   • 8-10th century CE, Kemçik-Çıgrak (e-41)

     𐰽𐰗:𐱆𐰐:𐰽𐰻𐰎:𐰡𐰣𐰢

     say:teg:sarïɣ:altunum

     My gold that is yellow like gravel...

References

• Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰽𐰖”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Erhan Aydın, (2013), “Yenisey Yazıtlarındaki Tek Örnekler”, Türkbilig, vol: 36, page: 37-49.[1]
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “say”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 858