𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 將軍 (tsjangH kjun, “general”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽻𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽺 (sʾnkwn /⁠saŋun⁠/, “general, a male given name”).

Noun

𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤 (seŋün)

  1. (military) general
    • c. 716 CE, 𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐰪𐰸𐰸 (Bilge Tuɲuḳuḳ), Bain-Tsokto (Tuɲuḳuḳ) Inscriptions IS2:
      𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐰸𐰆𐰣𐰃:𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤𐰏:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰾:𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰪𐰍𐰺𐰆:𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰺𐰀:𐰾𐰢𐰏:𐰃𐰑𐰢𐰾
      t¹b¹ǧčǧr¹u:q̊¹un¹i:s²ŋün²g:id¹ms²:qit¹ńǧr¹u:t¹uŋr¹a:s²mg:id¹ms²
      /Tabġačġaru, Ḳunï Seŋünüg ïdmïš. Ḳïtaɲġaru, Toŋra Esimig ïdmïš./
      He has sent General Qu to deal with the Tabġač people. He has sent Toŋra Esim to deal with the Ḳïtaɲ people.

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “säŋün”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 368
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “saŋun/seŋün”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 840
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