𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Unknown.

Proper noun

𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣 (Bumïn)

1. Bumin, the first khagan and the founder of the First Turkic Khaganate
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E1

     𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐰦𐰀:𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐰲𐰃𐰢:𐰯𐰀𐰢:𐰉𐰆𐰢𐰣:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰃𐰾𐱅𐰢𐰃:𐰴𐰍𐰣:𐰆𐰞𐰺𐰢𐱁

     kiši:oɣlïnta:üze:ečim:apam:bumïn:qaɣan:istemi:qaɣan:olurmïš

     Over the human beings, my ancestors Bumin Khagan and Istemi Khagan became rulers.

2. a male given name

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bum(ï)n”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 321