𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *bẹrü (“hitherward”), equivalent to 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hitherward”) +‎ 𐰓𐰤 (-din). Cognate with Turkish beri.

Adverb

𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin)

1. south, southward
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IS4

     𐱃𐰉𐰍𐰲:𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤:𐰘𐰤:𐱅𐰏:𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪:𐰇𐰭𐰓𐰤:𐰘𐰤:𐱅𐰏:𐰋𐰤:𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰑𐰦𐰖𐰣:𐱅𐰏𐰘𐰃𐰤

     tabɣač:bérdin:yan:teg:qïtań:öŋdin:yan:teg:ben:yïrdïntayan:tegeyin

     (Therefore) you, Chinese, attack them from the south, and you, Khitan, attack them from the east, and I shall attack them from the north.

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

	𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰖𐰀 (yïrya) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰑𐰣 (yïrdïn) 𐰘𐰃𐰺𐰍𐰺𐰆 (yïrɣaru)
𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰖𐰀 (qurya) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰑𐰣 (qurdïn) 𐰸𐰆𐰺𐰃𐰍𐰺𐰆 (qurɣaru) 𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰼𐰀 (késre)		𐰇𐰭𐰓𐰤 (öŋdin) 𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇 (ilgerü) 𐰇𐰭𐰼𐰀 (öŋre)
	𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye) 𐰋𐰼𐰓𐰤 (bérdin) 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü)

Related terms

• 𐰋𐰼𐰇 (bérü, “hitherward”)
• 𐰋𐰼𐰘𐰀 (bérye, “southward”)
• 𐰋𐰃𐰼𐰏𐰼𐰇 (bérgerü, “southward”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “biridin”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 315
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “berdin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 359
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bEr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill