𐰋
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See also: 𐰌
Old Turkic
Etymology 1
Ultimately derived from Ancient Greek β (b, “beta”) through intermediaries.
Letter
𐰋 (b²)
- A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /b/ and /v/ used with front vowels.
Descendants
- ⇒ Old Hungarian: 𐳂, 𐲂
References
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “b²/v²”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
- Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 80
- Ghirshman, Roman (1948) Les Chionites-Hephtalites[2], Iran: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, page 63
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *äb (“house”).
Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽱 (ʾβ /ev/); Tuvan өг (ög), Khakas иб (ib), Shor ӱй (üy), Northern Altai ӱг (üg); Siberian Tatar өй (öy), Bashkir өй (öy), Tatar өй (öy); Uyghur ئۆي / öy / өй, Uzbek uy; Turkish ev (“house”); Khalaj həv; etc.
Noun
𐰋 (b² /eb/)
- house, dwelling-place; tent
- Synonym: 𐰖𐰆𐰺𐱃 (y¹ur¹t¹ /yurt/)
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “äb”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 324
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “e:v”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*eb”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill