𐰴𐰃𐱃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iakït- (“to pour”), transitive form of *iak- (“to flow”). Cognate with Turkish akıtmak.

Verb

𐰴𐰃𐱃 (aqït-)

1. (transitive) to send out a raid
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N8:

     𐰚𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰃𐰏𐰤:𐰋𐰏:𐰉𐱁𐰞𐰖𐰆:𐰴𐰃𐱃𐰢𐰔

     kültégin:ebig:bašlayu:aqïtdïmïz

     We ordered (the army) to carry out a raid, while we left Prince Kül at home to command (the camp).

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “aqït-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 300
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “akıt-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 81