𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇𐱅

Old Turkic

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly derived from Proto-Turkic *tepe (β€œhill, top”), equivalent to 𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇 (tΓΆpΓΌ, β€œhill”) +β€Ž 𐱅 (-t, β€œplurality suffix”) More at Tibet.

Proper noun

𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇𐱅 (TΓΆpΓΌt)

  1. Tibet (a geographic region in Central Asia, the homeland of the Tibetan people)
  2. Tibet
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, E5
      𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐱅𐰇𐰯𐰇𐱅:𐰯𐰺
      tabɣač:tâpüt:apar
      ...China, Tibet, the Avar Khaganate,..

References

  • Tekin, TalΓ’t (1968) β€œtΓΌpΗ–t”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, β†’ISBN, page 387
  • Abuseitova, M. Kh, Bukhatuly, B., editors (2008), β€œπ±…π°‡π°―π°‡π±…β€, in TÜRIK BITIG: Ethno Cultural Dictionary, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan