𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏
Old Turkic
editAlternative forms
edit- 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰏 (b²it²ig /bitig/)
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *bitig; equivalent to 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /biti-/, “to write”) + -𐰏 (-g /-g/). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bitig, “inscription, scripture”), Karakhanid بِتِكٔ (bitik, “anything written; book, letter...”), Old Anatolian Turkish بتی (biti, “letter, written document”), Bashkir бетеү (betew, “amulet”). Compare also Mongolian бичиг (bičig), a Turkic borrowing.
Noun
edit𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /bitig/)
Declension
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
edit- → Turkish: betik
References
edit- Tekin, Talât (1968) “bitig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “bitig”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bitig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 303