%0 Journal Article
%T Old Turkic sü ‘army’ – its form, meaning and etymology
%A Majtczak, Tomasz
%J Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
%V 2012
%R 10.4467/20843836SE.12.005.0396
%N Volume 17, Issue 2
%P 105-122
%K etymology, diachrony, language contact, areal linguistics, linguistic history
%@ 1427-8219
%D 2012
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-etymologica-cracoviensia/artykul/old-turkic-su-army-its-form-meaning-and-etymology
%X 
	The article investigates some aspects of the Old Turkic word sü. A sense not recorded in the standard dictionaries is established on the basis of a philological analysis of the available texts. The phonetic shape of sü is defended against some claims proposing a different vocalic or consonantal part of it. And finally, a derivation of this word from a Chinese source is questioned as not satisfactorily proved