Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/bitig

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This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *biti- (to write) +‎ *-g.

Noun

*bitig

  1. inscription, scripture

Declension

Declension of *bitig
singular 3)
nominative *bitig
accusative *bitigig, *bitigni1)
genitive *bitigniŋ
dative *bitigke
locative *bitigde
ablative *bitigden
allative *bitiggerü
instrumental 2) *bitigin
equative 2) *bitigče
similative 2) *bitigleyü
comitative 2) *bitigligü
1) Originally used only in pronominal declension.
2) The original instrumental, equative, similative, and comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
3) Plurality in Proto-Turkic is disputed. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Descendants

  • Hungarian: betű
  • Oghur:
    • Chuvash: пӗтӳ (pĕt̬ü, amulet)
  • Proto-Common Turkic: *bitig, *bitik
  • Proto-Oghuz: *bitig, *bitik
    • West Oghuz:
      • Old Anatolian Turkish: بِتى (biti, letter, written document)
        • Azerbaijani: bitik (archaic)
        • Ottoman Turkish: بتى (biti, letter, written document; memory (literature); bill, document)
          • Turkish: biti (letter, post; amulet; notebook; book; forme; amulet; credentials, document, compass, licence; clerk) (dialectal)
    • East Oghuz:
  • Karluk:
  • Kipchak:
  • Siberian:
    • Old Turkic: 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /⁠bitig⁠/)
      • Turkish: betik
      • Old Uyghur: (bitig)
        • Western Yugur: (pïʰtïɣ, book)
  • Mongolian: бичиг (bičig)

References

  1. ^ Toparlı, Recep (2007) Kıpçak Türkçesi Sözlüğü, 2nd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 33
  • biti”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982