Old Turkic edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. More at Tangut.

Proper noun edit

𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃 (Taŋut)

  1. Tangut people
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E24
      𐰘𐱅𐰃:𐰘𐰏𐰼𐰢𐰃:𐰖𐱁𐰢𐰀:𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃:𐱃𐰯𐰀:𐰾𐰇𐰠𐰓𐰢
      yéti:yégirmi:yašïma:taŋut:tapa:süledim
      When I was seventeen years old, I went on a campaign against the Tangut.

References edit

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “taŋut”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 375
  • Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), “𐱃𐰭𐰆𐱃”, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan