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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰇𐰠𐰢

ölüm

Meaning:
death

Word family

Formed from 𐰇𐰠- [öl-] “to die, to pass away” using -(ı)m⁴. The suffix -(ı)m4 forms nominals from verbs. It often denotes the action itself or a single occurrence of it, while some formations have developed more concrete or lexicalized meanings.

In modern languages (4 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen ölüm
Turkish (Azerbaijan) ölüm
Turkish (Türkiye) ölüm
Salar No cognate has been entered for this language yet.
Gagauz ölüm
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.

Examples

Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens

3

Biography of Xuánzàng

2

Translations

German:
Tod
Russian:
смерть
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
ölüm
Turkish (Türkiye):
ölüm
Turkmen:
ölüm