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

Derived terms

• 𐰉𐰔 (b¹z /⁠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
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ba:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 292