𐰓

𐰓 U+10C13, 𐰓 OLD TURKIC LETTER ORKHON AED ← 𐰒 [U+10C12] Old Turkic 𐰔 → [U+10C14]

Old Turkic

Etymology

Clauson suggest that it might ultimately be derived from Ancient Greek Κ (K, “kappa”) through intermediaries. According to Clauson, the circle that Ancient Greek Δ (D, “delta”) had become in Asia was unsuitable for this script which is why the inventor chose to derive it from a variant of Κ (K, “kappa”).

In an older study, he also suggests Ancient Greek Χ (Kh, “chi”) and gives the reason that the inventor ran out of homophonic models.

Letter

𐰓 (d²)

1. A letter of the Old Turkic runic script, representing /d/ and /ð/, used with front vowels.

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Hungarian: 𐳇, 𐲇

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “d²/ḏ²”, in The Origin of Turkic Runic Alphabet, London, pages 68 and 74
• Clauson, Gerard (1962) Turkish and Mongolian studies‎^[1], London: Royal Asiatic Society, page 80
• Ghirshman, Roman (1948) Les Chionites-Hephtalites‎^[2], Iran: Institut francais d'archeologie orientale, page 63