Old Turkic

Letter

𐰼 ‎(r²)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /r²/, used with front vowels.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *er- ‎(“to be (aux.)”). Compare Turkish i- ‎(“to be”), Yakut эр ‎(er, “to be”).

Verb

𐰼 ‎(er-)

1. to be (something, somewhere)

Related terms

• 𐰼𐰨 ‎(erinč)
• 𐰼𐱅𐰃 ‎(erti)
• 𐰼𐰢𐰾 ‎(ermiš)
• 𐰼𐰾𐰼 ‎(erser)

See also

• 𐰉𐰆𐰞 ‎(bol-)

Etymology 3

From Proto-Turkic *ēr ‎(“man”). Compare Turkish er, Khakas ир ‎(ir).

Noun

𐰼 ‎(er)

1. man, human male

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 192-193