𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *turńa (“crane”). Cognate with Turkish turna.

Noun

𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰀 (turńa)

crane
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 61
  ‏𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰖𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐱅𐰇𐰾𐰤𐰀𐰚𐰃𐰭𐰀:𐰴𐰆𐰣𐰢𐰃𐰾‎
  turńa:quš:tüšnekiŋe:qonmïš
  A crane settled on its resting-place

Alternative forms

𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰪𐰖𐰀‎ (turńya) (Irk Bitig, misspelling)

References

Tekin, Talât (1993), “tunya”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 65
Clauson, Gerard (1972), “turña:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 551
Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*durunja”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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