ח𐰂𐰵𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢

Khazar

Alternative readings

Etymology

A regular Oghuric reflex of the Proto-Turkic *okïdïm, a verbal conjugation of *okï-. By surface analysis, *okï- (to read) +‎ *-ti (evidential past tense) +‎ *-im (first person singular verbal suffix).

*-d- > *-r- sound shift is regular in Oghur languages. Compare Chuvash вуларăм (вула-рă-м) (vularăm, "I read.") for the equivalent phrase in a surviving Oghur language.

Verb

ח𐰂𐰵𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢 (haq¹ur¹üm /(h)aqorüm, (h)oqorüm, (h)oqurüm/)

  1. (hapax legomenon, transitive) I have read (first-person singular past tense form of the verb "to read")

Usage notes

  • This term is the only known attested word in the Khazar language. This reading of the manuscript, interpreting it as using a ligature of the Hebrew letter ח (h) and the tamgha letter 𐰂 (a), is suggested by Marcel Erdal[1] and thus adopted so here.

References

  1. ^ Golden, Peter B.; Ben-Shammai, Haggai; Róna-Tas, András (2007), “The World of the Khazars: New Perspectives (Selected Papers from the Jerusalem 1999 International Khazar Colloquium)”, in Handbuch der Orientalistik, Brill, →ISBN