𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *biti- (“to write”), itself generally thought to be from Middle Chinese 筆 (MC pit, “writing brush”). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽷 (pytymʾk /⁠biti-⁠/, “to write”), Karakhanid [script needed] (biti-, “to write”), Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (biti-, “to be destined”), Northern Altai битиерге (bitiyerge, “to write”).

𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /biti-/)

1. (transitive) to write, to inscribe

• 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (bitig, “writing”)

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “biti-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “biti-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299