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𐰋𐰃

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Old Uyghur

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bẹye (“mare”). Cognate with Yakut биэ (bie).

Noun

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𐰋𐰃 (b²i /bé, bi/)

  1. (equestrianism, hapax legomenon) mare, female equine
    Synonym: 𐽲𐽶𐽻𐽾𐽰𐽲 (qysrʾq /⁠ḳïsraḳ⁠/)
    • c. 930 CE, anonymous, Ïrḳ Bitig Ïrḳ 5 (09.r05-r06):[1]
      𐰾⸱𐰀𐰴⸱𐰋𐰃𐰾𐰃⸱
      𐰴𐰆𐰞𐰆𐰣𐰞𐰀𐰢𐰃
      s²⸱aq⸱b²is²i⸱
      qul¹un¹l¹ami
      /Ak bési ḳulunlamï[š]./
      Their white mare had just foaled.

References

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  1. ^ https://idp.bl.uk/uv/?manifest=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.idp.bl.uk%2Fiiif%2F3%2Fmanifest%2F0EB6E2F74517416E9C8C2A63B67BD21D#?c=&m=&cv=9&xywh=0%2C-170%2C1451%2C1446
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bé:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291
  • Tekin, Mehmet Talât (2004) Irk Bitig: Book of Omens (Turcologica; 18), →ISBN, page 8
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(2) bi ~ be”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 168
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