𐰉𐰞𐰃𐰶

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *balïk (“mud”). Cognate with Arghu بَلِقْ (balıq), Chuvash пылчăк (pylčăk), Turkish balçık, Uzbek balchiq, Bashkir балсыҡ (balsıq).

Noun

𐰉𐰞𐰃𐰶 (balïq)

1. mud
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, N8:

     𐰚𐰃:𐰼𐰏:𐰽𐰨𐰑𐰃:𐰉𐰞𐰃𐰶𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰴𐰑𐰯

     éki:erig:sančïp:balïqqa:basïkdï

     He stabbed two men and buried them into the mud.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “balïq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 308
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “balık”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 336