𐰉𐰆𐰭

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *buŋ (“suffering”). Cognate with Turkish bunamak, Uzbek mung, Kazakh мұң (mūñ) and Yakut муҥ (muñ).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐰭 (buŋ)

  1. distress, suffering, grief, melancholy
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, S3
      𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰇𐱅𐰜𐰤:𐰖𐰃𐱁:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰽𐰺:𐰃𐰡𐰀:𐰉𐰆𐰭:𐰖𐰸
      türük:kagan:ötüken:yıš:olursar:ilte:buŋ:yok
      [If] the Turkic Khagan sits [rules from] Ötüken Forest, there is no distress in the realm.

References
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “buŋ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 347
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