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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰃𐰠

il

Meaning:
forecourt; area at an entrance

The spatial noun il must be distinguished from the similar el/il “state, realm”. The association of “front” with “east” is conventionally explained by the east-facing entrances of early Turkic dwellings; the latter is a historical interpretation, not an independently established meaning for every occurrence of the bare noun.

Word family

In modern languages (0 / 22)

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Language Cognate
Turkmen The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (Azerbaijan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Turkish (Türkiye) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Salar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Gagauz The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Crimean The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uyghur The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uzbek The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kazakh The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Nogai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Siberian Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kyrgyz The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Altai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Alan The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kumyk The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Bashkir The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tıva The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khakas The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khalaj The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Chuvash The cognate has disappeared from this language.

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Translations

German:
Vorplatz; Eingangsbereich
Russian:
пространство у входа; преддверие
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
qapı önü; astana
Turkish (Türkiye):
kapı önü; giriş önü

Bibliography 2

  • Marcel Erdal (2004) A Grammar of Old Turkic
    p. 376, note 572p. 190
  • M Räsänen, I Kecskeméti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen
    p. 170a–b