𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

  • 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰏 (b²it²ig /⁠bitig⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bitig; equivalent to 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /⁠biti-⁠/, “to write”) +‎ -𐰏 (-g /⁠-g⁠/). Cognate with Old Uyghur 𐽼𐽶𐾀𐽶𐽷 (pytyk /⁠bitig⁠/, “inscription, scripture, book”), Karakhanid بِتِكٔ (bitik, “anything written; book, letter”), Old Anatolian Turkish بتی (biti, “letter, written document”), Bashkir бетеү (betew, “amulet”), Azerbaijani bitik (“letter”). Compare also Mongolian бичиг (bičig), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /bitig/)

  1. inscription

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • → Turkish: betik

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bitig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bitig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 303
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