𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏

Old Turkic

Alternative forms

• 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰏 (b²it²ig /⁠bitig⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bitig; equivalent to 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (b²it²i /⁠biti-⁠/, “to write”) +‎ -𐰏 (-g /⁠-g⁠/). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bitig, “inscription, scripture”), Karakhanid بِتِكٔ (bitik, “anything written; book, letter...”), Old Anatolian Turkish بتی (biti, “letter, written document”), Bashkir бетеү (betew, “amulet”), Azerbaijani bitik (“letter”). Compare also Mongolian бичиг (bičig), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰏 (b²it²g /bitig/)

1. inscription, book
   • 9th century CE, 𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰏 [Irk Bitig] (quotation in Old Turkic; overall work in Old Turkic and Literary Chinese), Omen 5:

     𐰢𐱃𐰃:𐰢𐰺𐰴:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰣𐰢:𐰨𐰀:𐰋𐰃𐰠𐰃𐰭𐰠𐰼:𐰉𐰆:𐰃𐰺𐰴:𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃𐰏:𐰓𐰏𐰇:𐰆𐰞

     mt¹i:mr¹q:uǧl¹n¹m:nča:b²il²iŋl²r²:b¹u:ir¹q:b²it²ig:d²gü:ul¹

     /amtï amraq oɣlanïm anča biliŋlär bu ïrq bitig ädgü ol/

     Now, my dear children, know thus: this book of omens is good.

Declension

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Descendants

• → Turkish: betik

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “bitig”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “bitig”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 52
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bitig”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 303