𐱅𐰃𐰤𐰾𐰃
(Redirected from 𐱅𐰤𐰾𐰃)
Old Turkic
editEtymology
editBorrowed 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 (tngri-yin köbegün), Chinese calques.
Noun
edit𐱅𐰃𐰤𐰾𐰃 (ténsi)
- Son of Heaven
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 1
- 𐱅𐰤:𐰾𐰃:𐰢𐰤
- ten:si:men
- I am the Son of Heaven.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 1
Alternative forms
edit- 𐱅𐰤:𐰾𐰃 (ten:si)
References
edit- 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