𐰉𐰃𐰨𐰆

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *iabïn-čï, from *iabï-.

Noun

𐰉𐰃𐰨𐰆 (abïnču)

1. concubine
   • 9th Century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 38

     𐰉𐰃𐰨𐰆⁚𐰴𐱃𐰆𐰣⁚𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰔𐰆𐰣⁚𐱅𐰃𐰼

     abïnču:qatun:bolzun:tér

     "May (this) slave girl be a queen!", it says.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “abınçu”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 47
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “avınçu”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 13
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)abɨ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill