𐱅𐰃𐰤𐰾𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 天子 (MC then tsiX). Compare also Japanese 天子 (tenshi), Korean 천자 (cheonja), Chinese borrowings as well as Manchu ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ
ᠵᡠᡳ (abkai jui), Chagatai اسمان نینک اوغلی, Classical Mongolian ᠲᠩᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠬᠥ᠋ᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ (tŋri-yin köbegün), Chinese calques.

Noun

𐱅𐰃𐰤𐰾𐰃 (ténsi)

1. Son of Heaven
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 1

     𐱅𐰤:𐰾𐰃:𐰢𐰤

     ten:si:men

     I am the Son of Heaven.

Alternative forms

• 𐱅𐰤:𐰾𐰃 (ten:si)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “tinsi”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 381
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “t(ä)nsi”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 63