𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *turńa (“crane”). Cognate with Turkish turna.

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀 (turńa)

1. crane
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 61

     𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰖𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐱅𐰇𐰾𐰤𐰀𐰚𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰣𐰢𐰃𐰾

     turńa:quš:tüšnekiŋe:qonmïš

     A crane settled on its resting-place

Alternative forms

• 𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰖𐰀 (turńya) (Irk Bitig, misspelling)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “tunya”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “turña:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 551
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*durunja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill