𐰋𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹye (“mare”). Cognate with Uzbek biya, Bashkir бейә (beyə), Yakut биэ (bie).

Noun

𐰋𐰃 (bé)

1. mare
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 5:

     𐰀𐰴:𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰴𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰣𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰖𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰆𐰍:𐰑𐰍𐰺𐰞𐰴:𐰖𐰺𐰀𐰍𐰖

     āq:bési:qulunlamïš:altun:toyuɣluɣ:adɣïrlïq:yaragay

     ...his white mare had just foaled, (he thought) it would fit to be a golden-hoofed stallion.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “bi”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 291