𐰃𐰤

Old Uyghur

Etymology

Orkhon script variant of 𐽰𐽶𐽺 (ʾyn /⁠ïn⁠/).

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *īn (“hole, cave”). This term, attested in Ïrḳ Bitig, is most likely the original pronunciation.

Noun

𐰃𐰤 (in² /in/)

1. cave, hole, inn, den

   Synonym: 𐰆𐰖𐰀 (uy¹a /⁠uya⁠/)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “i:n”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 166