𐰉𐰀

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bā- (“to tie”). Cognate with Turkish bağ, Uzbek bogʻ, Bashkir бау (baw), Yakut быа (bıa).

Verb

𐰉𐰀 (ba-)

1. (transitive) to tie, fasten
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 14

     𐰴𐰆𐰔𐰍𐰆𐰣𐰆𐰍:𐰃𐰍𐰲𐰴𐰀:𐰉𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾

     quzɣunuɣ:ïɣačqa:bamïš

     They fastened a raven to a tree.

Derived terms

• 𐰉𐰍𐰽 (baɣïš, “rope”)
• 𐰉𐰔 (baz, “vassal, subject”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ba-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 307
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ba-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 49
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ba:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 292