𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *xātun (“queen, lady”) itself borrowed from Sogdian 𐼶𐼴𐽂𐼷𐼻 (xwtyn). Cognate with Turkish kadın, Uzbek xotin, Bashkir ҡатын (qatın), Tuvan када (kada). Compare also Mongolian хатан (xatan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɑtun/

Noun

𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣 (qatun)

1. a type of female ruler; khatun, queen, empress
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E11

     𐰴𐰭𐰢:𐰃𐰠𐱅𐰼𐰾:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰍:𐰇𐰏𐰢:𐰃𐰠𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰀:𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣𐰍:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰾𐰃𐰦𐰀:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰯:𐰘𐰇𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐰚𐰇𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾

     qaŋïm:éltériš:qaɣanïɣ:ögüm:élbilge:qatunuɣ:teŋri:töpüsinte:tutup:yügerü:kötürmüš

     (They) held my father Ilterish Khagan and my mother El Bilga Khatun at the top of heaven and raised them upwards.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “qatun”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 342
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “k(a)tun”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 56
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “xa:tun”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 602