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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰅𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰼𐰾

Elteriş

Meaning:
regnal name

The name is generally interpreted as “one who reunites the realm”, from el “realm” and ter- “to gather”. Other transcriptions include Eltäriş and İlteriş.

Historical figures known under this name include:

  • Elteriş Qağan (Qutluğ; reigned 682–691/692), founder of the Second Türk Qağanate, consort of Elbilgä Qatun and father of Bilgä Qağan and Kül Tegin.
  • The Basmıl ruler Aşina Şi (c. 742–744), who was given the title Elteriş Qağan; Chinese chronicles also record an alternative title rendered Hèlà Bilgä Qağan.
Alternative spellings:
𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰼𐰾

In modern languages (0 / 22)

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Language Cognate
Turkmen No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Turkish (Türkiye) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Salar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Gagauz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Crimean No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Uyghur No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Uzbek No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kazakh No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Nogai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Siberian Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kyrgyz No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Altai No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Alan No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Kumyk No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tatar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Bashkir No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Tıva No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khakas No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Khalaj No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Chuvash No cognate has been entered for this language yet.

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Translations

German:
Herrschername
Russian:
тронное имя
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
hökmdarlıq adı
Turkish (Türkiye):
hükümdarlık adı

Bibliography 4

  • Zeynep Sinanoğlu, Mehmet Ölmez (2023) Moğolistan’da Elteriş Kağan’a İthafen Yazılmış Bir Kaya Yazıtı
    2023, abstract, proposed reading of the Jirimiyn Hudag inscription
  • Dr. Jens Wilkens (2021) Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen | Eski Uygurcanın El Sözlüğü
    p. 708a, s.v. 1ter-
  • Marcel Erdal (2004) A Grammar of Old Turkic
    p. 498 (discussion of -sAr conditional constructions)
  • Talat Tekin (1994) Tunyukuk Yazıtı
    p. 23, north face, line 61p. 23, north face, line 59