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{{short description|Turkic inscription}} |
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{{short description|Turkic inscription}} |
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'''Elegest inscription''' was an inscription erected by ]. It was found by Aspelin in 1888 on the left bank of the river Elegest, ].<ref> |
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The '''Elegest inscription''' is a ] inscription. It was found by ] in 1888 on the left bank of the river Elegest, ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.runiform.lingfil.uu.se/Elegest_I#cite_note-1|title = Elegest I - A Database of Turkic Runiform Inscriptions}}</ref> |
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==Discovery and translation== |
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==Discovery and translation== |
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:My four legged livestock, my eight legged properties. I did not get grief. |
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:My four legged livestock, my eight legged properties. I did not get grief. |
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:O my kinsmen, o my progeny! I departed. May thou say! O my common people! I departed. May thou say! |
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:O my kinsmen, o my progeny! I departed. May thou say! O my common people! I departed. May thou say! |
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;Translation by Turk Bitig<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bitig.kz/?lang=e&mod=1&tid=2&oid=10&m=1|title = Turk Bitig}}</ref> |
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'''Old Turkic original text:''' |
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:Quyïda : qunčuyïma : esizime : yïta : özde : oγulïm : adïrïldïm : yïta : |
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:jüz er : qadašïm : uyarun : üčün : jüz erin : elig üküzin tekdi : |
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:Kök Teŋiride : kün ay esiz ermiš : esizime : adïrïldïm : |
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:aqanïm elime : esizime : yïta : ... aqanïm elime : esizime : yïta : adïrïldïm : |
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:Kürtel qan al uruŋ altunluγ keš : eginin jütim belimde bandïm : toquz sekiz on yašïm : |
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:uruŋ Külüg Toq : Bögü Terikine : аqanïm bek erdemi üčün : birle bardï |
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:qara : budunum : qatïγlanïŋ : el törüsü : ïdman : : yïta : esiz elim : qanïm |
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:Elim : uγurïnda : sü bolčï : erlerim edükim yoq : ič biligde : bertegmede sekiz : er : sürdim : |
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:Elim : otšïŋa bir qïlnu ... |
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:Buŋ : baŋa : büŋ at ermiš : öldim : yïta : esizime yïlqïn yana : |
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:Tört kü yïlqïm : sekiz adaqlïγ : barïmïm : buŋïm : yoq ertim : |
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:qadašïma : ekenime : adïrïldïm : yïta : qara : budunuma adïrïldïm : yïta : men |
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'''English translation:''' |
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:I left ownerless my wife at hearth, my children orphans in steppe. I lost you, my orphans. |
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:Under the decision of hundred my relatives, a hundred men have filled fifty bulls. |
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:The sun and the moon ownerless in blue Tengri . I left (my people). |
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:To my father, to people, my ownerless orphans... I parted from my father, people, my ownerless orphans. |
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:I tied a belt bow in gold quiver from Kürtel-khan Al Urung at the age of seventy nine. |
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:My father Urung Külüg Toq Bögü Terikin, in the name of valor lords, came together. |
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:My people, be firm. The governor of people has left. Deserted people, ownerless relatives. |
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:I had not allowed soldiers to fall for my people fortune. I had captivated eight soldiers being in board. |
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:For sake of victories of my people, making... |
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:The grief for me was on hundred horses. I have died. My ownerless orphan horses. |
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:My four best horses, my eight-legged house, I had no grief (before). |
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:I parted from relatives, my ownerless common people, the orphans. |
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== Subjects of the text == |
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=== Possible Kurdish reference === |
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The phrase "𐰚𐰇𐰼𐱅 𐰠𐰴𐰣" in the first sentence of the fifth line could be either read as "Kört äl kan" "Kürt el kan", literally meaning "the inn of the Kurdish province". This caused some researchers to believe in ]. Later, some local and foreign researchers working on Turkic history accepted this reading and interpretation, and came to the possibility that the Kurds once had a relation with Turkic tribes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tekin |first=Talat |title=Elegest (Körtle Han) Yazıtı |url=https://turkoloji.cu.edu.tr/ESKI%20TURK%20DILI/talat_tekin_elegest_yaziti.pdf}}</ref> |
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== Notes == |
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== Further reading == |
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== Further reading == |
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* Talat Tekin, 1964: "On a Misinterpreted Word in the Old Turkic Inscriptions." |
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* Talat Tekin, 1964: "On a Misinterpreted Word in the Old Turkic Inscriptions." |
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The phrase "𐰚𐰇𐰼𐱅 𐰠𐰴𐰣" in the first sentence of the fifth line could be either read as "Kört äl kan" "Kürt el kan", literally meaning "the inn of the Kurdish province". This caused some researchers to believe in theories speculating the Turkic origin of Kurds. Later, some local and foreign researchers working on Turkic history accepted this reading and interpretation, and came to the possibility that the Kurds once had a relation with Turkic tribes.
