𐰖

𐰖

𐰖 U+10C16, 𐰖 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AY ← 𐰕 [U+10C15] Old Turkic 𐰗 → [U+10C17]

Old Turkic

Etymology 1

𐰖 (j¹)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /j¹/, used with back vowels.

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ay”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 265

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *āń(k) (“moon, month”). Cognate with Turkish ay (“moon, month”).

Noun

𐰖 (ay)

1. moon, month