𐰍𐱃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *āg- (“to rise up”), equivalent 𐰍 (aɣ-, “to rise”) +‎ 𐱃 (-ït).

Noun

𐰍𐱃 (aɣït-)

1. (transitive) to raise, put to flight
   • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E31:

     𐰆𐰔𐰀:𐰖𐰪𐰀:𐰚𐰠𐰏𐰢𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰾𐰃𐰤:𐰍𐱃𐰢

     oza:yańa:keligme:süsin:aɣïtdïm

     I put their army, which had come assaulting and spreading, to flight.

Derived terms

• 𐰍𐱃𐰆𐰺 (aɣïttur-, “to cause to raise”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “aγït-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ağıt-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 80