𐰖𐰑𐰍

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yadag (“foot soldier; on foot”). Cognate with Turkish yaya (“pedestrian”), Uzbek yayov (“on foot”), Bashkir йәйәү (yəyəw, “by foot”), Yakut сатыы (satıı, “on foot”).

Noun

𐰖𐰑𐰍 (yadaɣ)

  1. foot soldier
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S1
      𐰖𐰑𐰍:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰚𐰦𐰃:𐰚𐰇𐰤:𐰸𐰆𐰯:𐰇𐰠𐰼𐱅𐰢
      yadaɣ:süsin:ékinti:kün:qop:ölürtüm
      On the second day, I killed their foot soldiers in great numbers.

Derived terms
  • 𐰖𐰑𐰍𐰣 (yadaɣïn, “on foot”)

References
  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “yadaγ”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 395
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “yaḏa:ğ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 887
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