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/)
- (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
- ^ 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