𐰀𐱃
Old Turkic
Alternative forms
- 𐱃 (t¹ /at/)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *āt (“name”).
Noun
𐰀𐱃 (at¹ /at/)
- name, title
- c. 732 CE, Yollïɣ Tigin (𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍 𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤), Kül Tegin Inscription lines 7-8, facing east:
- 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰤:𐰃𐱃𐰃:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲𐰍𐰃:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰯𐰣:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾
- t²ür²k̥:b²gl²r²:t²ür²k̥:at¹in²:it¹i:t¹b¹ǧčǧi:b²gl²r²:t¹b¹ǧč:at¹in²:t¹ut¹pn¹:t¹b¹ǧč:qǧn¹qa:kür²ms²
- /Törük bäglär Törük atïn ïtï, Tabɣačɣï bäglär Tabɣač atïn tutupan Tabɣač Qaɣanqa körmiš./
- Turkic warlords lost their Turkic names and titles, [while] Chinese warlords kept their Chinese titles and served the Chinese emperor.
- 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰤:𐰃𐱃𐰃:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲𐰍𐰃:𐰋𐰏𐰠𐰼:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰤:𐱃𐰆𐱃𐰯𐰣:𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰚𐰇𐰼𐰢𐰾
- reputation, rank, fame
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐰀𐱃 (at¹) | 𐰀𐱃𐰞𐰺 (at¹l¹r¹) |
| dative | 𐰀𐱃𐰴𐰀 (at¹qa) | 𐰀𐱃𐰞𐰺𐰴𐰀 (at¹l¹r¹qa) |
| accusative | 𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰍 (at¹iǧ) | 𐰀𐱃𐰞𐰺𐰍 (at¹l¹r¹ǧ) |
| locative | 𐰀𐱃𐰑𐰀 (at¹d¹a) | 𐰀𐱃𐰞𐰺𐰑𐰀 (at¹l¹r¹d¹a) |
| ablative | 𐰀𐱃𐰑𐰃𐰣 (at¹d¹in¹) | 𐰀𐱃𐰞𐰺𐰑𐰣 (at¹l¹r¹d¹n¹) |
| instrumental | 𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰣 (at¹in¹) | 𐰀𐱃𐰞𐰺𐰣 (at¹l¹r¹n¹) |
| equative | 𐰀𐱃𐰲𐰀 (at¹ča) | |
| directive | 𐰀𐱃𐰍𐰺𐰆 (at¹ǧr¹u) | |
| similative | 𐰀𐱃𐰞𐰖𐰆 (at¹l¹y¹u) |
Derived terms
- 𐰀𐱃𐰣 (at¹n¹ /atan-/, “to gain fame, to attain status”)
- 𐱃𐰞𐰍 (t¹l¹ǧ /atlïɣ/, “famous, well-known”)
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “āt”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 305
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:t”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32