𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *botu (“calf of a camel”). Cognate with Turkish potuk (“calf of a camel”).

Noun

𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆 (botu)

1. calf of a camel
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 41

     𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭:𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰤𐰃:𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾

     ürüŋ:ingeni:botulamïš

     ...his white female camel had just given birth to a camel calf.

Derived terms

• 𐰉𐰆𐱃𐰆𐰞𐰀 (botula-, “to give birth”)

See also

• 𐱅𐰋𐰀 (tebe)
• 𐰃𐰤𐰏𐰤 (ingen)
• 𐰉𐰆𐰍𐰺𐰀 (buɣra)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “botula-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “botu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 299
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*botu”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill