Yusuf Çakın
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External lecturer at University of Copenhagen 👨🏫 Historian 🏛 Turkology 📚 Digital Humanist 💻 e-Learning 📈 Business development
There are, impressively, many words in Turkic languages and dialects that survive as remnants of Old Turkic - but teyeñ or teyin is by far the one that surprised me the most. 🐿
Happy World Turkic Language Family Day!
🇦🇿🇰🇬🇰🇿🇹🇲🇹🇷🇺🇿
Happy World Turkic Language Family Day!
🇦🇿🇰🇬🇰🇿🇹🇲🇹🇷🇺🇿
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
There are, impressively, many words in Turkic languages and dialects that survive as remnants of Old Turkic - but teyeñ or teyin is by far the one that surprised me the most. 🐿
Happy World Turkic Language Family Day!
🇦🇿🇰🇬🇰🇿🇹🇲🇹🇷🇺🇿
Happy World Turkic Language Family Day!
🇦🇿🇰🇬🇰🇿🇹🇲🇹🇷🇺🇿
“Yes! Where did you hear that from?”
He replied, “That’s what it used to be called by the elders back in the old days. Young people nowadays don’t know it.”
Teyeñ is an Old Turkic word for squirrel (or marmot?) attested in the Orkhon inscriptions from 735 CE as kök teyeñ (𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰘𐰭) - gray squirrel.
He replied, “That’s what it used to be called by the elders back in the old days. Young people nowadays don’t know it.”
Teyeñ is an Old Turkic word for squirrel (or marmot?) attested in the Orkhon inscriptions from 735 CE as kök teyeñ (𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰘𐰭) - gray squirrel.
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“Yes! Where did you hear that from?”
He replied, “That’s what it used to be called by the elders back in the old days. Young people nowadays don’t know it.”
Teyeñ is an Old Turkic word for squirrel (or marmot?) attested in the Orkhon inscriptions from 735 CE as kök teyeñ (𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰘𐰭) - gray squirrel.
He replied, “That’s what it used to be called by the elders back in the old days. Young people nowadays don’t know it.”
Teyeñ is an Old Turkic word for squirrel (or marmot?) attested in the Orkhon inscriptions from 735 CE as kök teyeñ (𐰚𐰇𐰚:𐱅𐰘𐰭) - gray squirrel.
UNESCO marks the first World Turkic Language Family Day, celebrating the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Turkic-speaking peoples and commemorating 15 Dec 1893, when Danish linguist Vilhelm Thomsen deciphered the Orkhon inscriptions 🇩🇰
To mark the day, I’m sharing a surprise from last year
To mark the day, I’m sharing a surprise from last year
December 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
UNESCO marks the first World Turkic Language Family Day, celebrating the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Turkic-speaking peoples and commemorating 15 Dec 1893, when Danish linguist Vilhelm Thomsen deciphered the Orkhon inscriptions 🇩🇰
To mark the day, I’m sharing a surprise from last year
To mark the day, I’m sharing a surprise from last year
Johannes Østrup's (philologist in Semitic languages) remarkable journey on horseback from Damascus to Copenhagen. Shifting Horizons (1894) – a true journey through time and an absolute pleasure! 🌍🐎📖
#JohannesØstrup #Østrup #OttomanEmpire #Turkey #Denmark #Syria #Arabia
#JohannesØstrup #Østrup #OttomanEmpire #Turkey #Denmark #Syria #Arabia
December 23, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Johannes Østrup's (philologist in Semitic languages) remarkable journey on horseback from Damascus to Copenhagen. Shifting Horizons (1894) – a true journey through time and an absolute pleasure! 🌍🐎📖
#JohannesØstrup #Østrup #OttomanEmpire #Turkey #Denmark #Syria #Arabia
#JohannesØstrup #Østrup #OttomanEmpire #Turkey #Denmark #Syria #Arabia