𐰼

𐰼 U+10C3C, 𐰼
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AER
← 𐰻
[U+10C3B] 		Old Turkic 𐰽 →
[U+10C3D]

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

Etymology 3

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

Noun

𐰼 (er)

  1. man, human male

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