𐱇


𐱇 U+10C47, 𐱇
OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON OT
𐱆
[U+10C46]
Old Turkic 𐱈
[U+10C48]

Old Turkic

Etymology

Pictogram of grass, compare Proto-Turkic *ot (grass). See the Old Uyghur entry below.

Letter

𐱇 ()

  1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /ot/ (Irk Bitig and Yenisei Kyrgyz)

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Orkhon script variant of 𐽰𐽳𐾀 (ʾwt /⁠ot⁠/).

Noun

𐱇 ( /ot/)

  1. grass, pastures
    Synonyms: 𐽽𐽶𐽹𐽷𐽰𐽺 (cymkʾn /⁠čimgen⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽿 (yʾš /⁠yaš⁠/), 𐽶𐽰𐽹 (yʾm /⁠yem⁠/)
    • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 45 (39.l07-l08):[1][2]
      𐰞𐰃⸱𐰢𐰤⸱𐱇𐰽
      𐰆𐰔
      ⸱𐰽𐰆𐰉𐰽𐰆
      l¹i⸱mn²⸱t̥s¹
      uz
      ⸱s¹ub¹s¹u
      / [] men otsuz subsu[z] [] /
      [] I, without grass [to feed on] [and] water [to drink] []

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ot”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 34
  • Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, pages 20-21
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1) ot”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 516-517