𐱈 U+10C48, 𐱈
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON BASH
[unassigned: U+10C49–U+10C7F]
𐱇
[U+10C47]
Old Turkic 𐲀
[U+10C80]

Old Turkic

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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𐱈 ()

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /bɑʃ/

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (head). Cognate with Chuvash пуҫ (puś), Karakhanid بَشْ (baš), Turkish baş, Azerbaijani baş, Turkmen baş, Uzbek bosh, Uyghur باش (bash), Crimean Tatar baş, Tatar baş, Kazakh бас (bas), Kyrgyz баш (baş), Yakut бас (bas).

Noun

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𐱈 (baš)

  1. (anatomy) head
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 8
      𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰉𐰽𐰞𐰍:𐰖𐰃𐰞𐰣:𐰢𐰤
      altun:bašlïɣ:yïlan:men
      I am a golden-headed snake.
  2. beginning
    • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 57
      𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼:𐰉𐰆:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰣𐱃𐰀:𐰔𐰔:𐰔𐰔:𐰢𐰏𐰚𐰃:𐰉𐰺:𐰚𐰃𐰤:𐰖𐰣𐰀:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰺
      anča:biliŋler:bu:ïrq:bašïnta:āz:āz:emgeki:bar:kin:yana:edgü:bolur
      Know thus: at the beginning of this omen there is a little pain; (but) later it becomes good again.
  3. top, summit
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