𐰍𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *agïr (“heavy”). Cognate with Chuvash йывӑр (jyvăr), Turkish ağır, Uzbek ogʻir, Bashkir ауыр (awır), Yakut ыар (ıar).

Adjective

𐰍𐰺 (ǧr¹ /aɣïr/)

  1. heavy
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S15:
      𐰍𐰃𐰺:𐱃𐱁𐰃𐰍:𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰃𐰍
      aɣïr:tašïɣ:yoɣun:ig
      ...heavy stones and thick wood...
  2. important, worthy, expensive
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E2:
      𐰉𐰆𐰨𐰀:𐰍𐰺:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰏
      bunča:aɣïr:törüg
      ...this many important rules...

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968), “aγar”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ağır”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 88
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