𐰾𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sẹ-n (“thou”). Compare Turkish sen (“you”), and -sin.

Alternative forms

𐰾𐰃𐰤‎ (sén)

Pronoun

𐰾𐰤 (sen)

you (singular or plural)

Related terms

𐰾𐰃𐰕‎ (siz, “you”) (plural)

Suffix

𐰾𐰤 (-sen)

Denotes second person singular or plural after simple present or future tense marker.

‏𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰲𐰃: 𐰾𐰤‎‎ ― Ölteči sen. ― You will die.
Denotes "to be" for second person singular or plural

‏𐰺𐰴𐰴: 𐰾𐰤‎‎ ― Arquq sen. ― You are stubborn.

Usage notes

Often attested separately. Compare 𐰢𐰤‎ (-men) (< 𐰋𐰤‎ (ben, “I”)), where it was attested integrated to the stems.

References

Clauson, Gerard (1972), “sen”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 831

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