English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedMeaning: “man”
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ēr (“man”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰼 (r² /er/) and Karakhanid اَرْ (er). Relation to 𐽰𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (ʾrmʾk /är-/, “to be, copular verb”) and 𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽹 (ʾrdʾm /ärdäm/, “virtue”) is unclear. Unrelated to 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽷 (ʾyrkʾk /erkäk/, “man”) and 𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽷𐽳𐽺 (ʾrkʾkwn /Ärkägün/, “Christian”).
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- Wiktionary: 𐽰𐽾CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

