𐰋𐰃𐰕

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *biŕ (“we”). Cognate with Chuvash эпир (ep̬ir), Khalaj biz, Turkish biz, Turkish -iz, Uzbek biz, Bashkir беҙ (beź), Yakut биһиги (bihigi).

Pronoun

𐰋𐰃𐰕 (b²iz /biz/)

  1. the first person plural pronoun

Suffix

𐰋𐰃𐰕 (b²iz /biz/)

  1. Denotes first person plural after certain verb tenses.
    𐰴𐰡𐰲𐰃:𐰋𐰔 ― qltči:b²z /Ḳaltačï biz./ ― We are going to stay.
  2. Denotes "to be" for first person plural
    𐰕:𐰋𐰃𐰕 ― z:b²iz /Az biz./ ― We are few.

See also

Old Turkic personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person 𐰋𐰤 (ben), 𐰢𐰤 (men) 𐰋𐰃𐰕 (biz)
2nd person 𐰾𐰤 (sen) 𐰾𐰃𐰕 (siz)
3rd person 𐰆𐰞 (ol)

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “biz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “biz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 388
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bẹ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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