𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞
Old Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from a Mongolic language, compare Mongolian баримал (barimal, “sculpture”). Compare also Hungarian bálvány (“idol”).
Noun
[edit]𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞 (balbal)
- monument, statue, sculpture
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E16
- 𐰴𐰭𐰢:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰴𐰀:𐰉𐱁𐰞𐰖𐰆:𐰉𐰔:𐰴𐰍𐰣𐰍:𐰉𐰞𐰉𐰞:𐱅𐰃𐰚𐰢𐰾
- qaŋïm:qaɣanqa:bašlayu:baz:qaɣanïɣ:balbal:tikmiš
- (My uncle, the khagan) first erected Baz Khagan as a monument for my father, the khagan.
- 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E16
Descendants
[edit]- → English: balbal (learned)
References
[edit]- Tekin, Talât (1968) “balbal”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 307
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “balbal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ölmez, Mehmet (1995). “Eski Türk Yazıtlarında Yabancı Öğeler”. Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları. 7: 175-186.[1]
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “balbal”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 333
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bAlbal”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill