𐱃𐰖
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Old Turkic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 大 (MC dajH|daH).
Adjective[edit]
𐱃𐰖 (tay)
- great, grand
- 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, S12:
- 𐰴𐰭𐰃:𐰠𐰃𐰾𐰇𐰤:𐱃𐰖:𐰾𐰭𐰇𐰤:𐰉𐱁𐰑𐰆:𐰋𐰃𐰾:𐰘𐰇𐰔:𐰼𐰤:𐰚𐰠𐱅𐰃
- qaŋï:lisün:tay:seŋün:bašadu:béš:yüz:eren:kelti
- ...under the presidency of the great general Li Quan, the father of ... came five hundred men.
References[edit]
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “tay”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 377