𐱃𐰉𐰽𐰍𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tabïĺgan (“hare”). Cognate with Khalaj tavuşğân, Turkish tavşan, Uzbek tovushqon, Yakut табысхан (tabısqan). Compare also Mongolian туулай (tuulaj).

Noun

𐱃𐰉𐰽𐰍𐰣 (tabïšɣan)

1. hare
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 44

     𐱃𐰆𐰍𐰣:𐰴𐰆𐰽:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰓𐰤:𐰴𐰆𐰑𐰃:𐱃𐰉𐰽𐰍𐰣:𐱅𐰃𐰯𐰤:𐰴𐰯𐰢𐰃𐰾

     tuɣan:quš:teŋriden:qodï:tabïšɣan:tépen:qapmïš

     A hawk, saying (to itself) 'Here is a hare!', (flew) down from the sky (and tried to) catch it.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “tabïsγan”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 374
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “t(a)b(ı)şg(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 63
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tavışğa:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 447
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*tabɨĺgan”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill