𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏

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Old Turkic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bitig; equivalent to 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /⁠biti-⁠/, to write) +‎ -𐰏 (-g /⁠-g⁠/). Cognate with Old Uyghur (bitig, inscription, scripture), Karakhanid بِتِكٔ (bitik, anything written; book, letter...), Old Anatolian Turkish بتی (biti, letter, written document), Bashkir бетеү (betew, amulet), Azerbaijani bitik (letter). Compare also Mongolian бичиг (bičig), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /bitig/)

  1. inscription, book

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Turkish: betik

References

  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bitig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
  • Tekin, Talât (1993) “bitig”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bitig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 303