𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *biti- (“to write”), itself generally thought to be borrowed from Middle Chinese 筆 (MC pit, “writing brush”). Cognate to Old Uyghur [script needed] (biti-, “to write”), Karakhanid [script needed] (biti-, “to write”), Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (biti-, “to be destined”). See also Mongolian бичих (bičix, “to write”), a Turkic borrowing.
Verb[edit]
𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (biti-)
- (transitive) to write, to inscribe
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67
- 𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀:𐰍𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰾𐰓𐰯:𐰲𐰢𐰔:𐰃𐰾𐰃𐰏:𐰽𐰭𐰆𐰣:𐰃𐱅𐰀𐰲𐰸:𐰇𐰲𐰇𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰓𐰢
- burua:ɣuru:ešidip:éčimiz:isig:saŋun:itačuq:üčün:bitidim
- ...after having listened to the burua guru ( i.e. the spiritual master of presage), wrote (this book) for our affectionate big brother General Itachuk.
- 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “biti-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “biti-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “biti-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 299