𐰚𐰠𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gẹlin (“bride, daughter-in-law”). Cognate with Azerbaijani gəlin, Turkish gelin, Kazakh келін (kelin), etc.

Noun

𐰚𐰠𐰤 (kelin)

  1. daughter-in-law
    • 8th-9th century CE, Uyk-Turan (e-3), a Yenisey insciption:
      ‏𐰴𐰣𐰢 𐱅𐰇𐰠𐰋𐰼𐰃 𐰴𐰺𐰀 𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣 𐰚𐰇𐰠𐰏 𐰴𐰑𐱁𐰢 𐰾𐰔𐰢𐰀 𐰠𐰾𐰢𐰼 𐰇𐰏𐱁𐰼 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣𐰼 𐰚𐰇𐰓𐰏𐰇𐰠𐰼𐰢 𐰴𐰃𐰔 𐰚𐰠𐰤𐰠𐰼𐰢 𐰋𐰶𐰢𐰓𐰢‎
      aqanïm : Tölberi : qara : budun : Külüg : qadašïm : esizime : еlіšim er : ögüš er : oγulan er : ködügülerim : qïz : kelinlerim : bökümedim
      relative of Tölberi, people and kinfolk of Külüg, were left without a patron. The men Elіšim, Ögüš, Oγulan, my sons-in-law, daughters, my daughters-in-law, I couldn't stay [with you].

References
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*gẹlin”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Abuseitova, M. Kh; Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐰚𐰠𐰤”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
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