𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *altun (“gold”). Cognate with Chuvash ылтӑн (ylt̬ăn, “gold”), Karakhanid اَلْتُونْ (altūn, “gold”), Old Uyghur 𐽰𐽰𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺 (ʾʾltwn /⁠altun⁠/, “gold”), Turkish altın (“gold, golden”), Uzbek oltin, Bashkir алтын (altın, “gold”), Yakut алтан (altan, “copper”), Khakas алтын (altın, “gold, golden”). Compare also Manchu ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ (aisin) and Mongolian алт (alt), a Turkic borrowing.

𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (l¹t¹un¹ /altun/)

1. gold
   • 𐰖𐰆𐰞𐰞𐰃𐰍:𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤 (Yollïġ Tégin), Kül Tegin Inscription S5:

     𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰚𐰇𐰢𐱁:𐰃𐰾𐰏𐱅𐰃:𐰸𐰆𐱃𐰖:𐰉𐰆𐰭𐰽𐰔:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰇𐰼

     l¹t¹un¹:kümš:is²gt²i:q̊¹ut¹y¹:b¹uŋs¹z:nča:b²ir²ür²

     /Altun, kümüš, išgiti ḳutay buŋsïz anča birür./

     They gift us gold, silver and silk in abundance like so.

• 𐰞𐱄𐰆𐰣 (altun) (Yenisei Kyrgyz)

• 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐰖𐰃𐱁 (Altun Yïš, “Altai Mountains”)

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “altun”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 301
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “altu:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 131