𐰓𐰃𐱃𐰺

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼹𐼷𐼻𐼹𐼰𐼰𐽀 (δynδʾʾr, “religious”). Cognate with Turkish dindar (“religious”).

Adjective

𐰓𐰃𐱃𐰺 (di(n)tar)

1. religious, believer
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67

     𐱃𐰖𐰏𐰇𐰤𐱃𐰣:𐰢𐰣𐰃𐰽𐱃𐰣𐱃𐰴𐰃:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏:𐰓𐰃𐱃𐰺:𐰉𐰆𐰺𐰆𐰀:𐰍𐰆𐰺𐰆:𐰾𐰓𐰯

     taygüntan:manïstantaqï:kičig:di(n)tar:burua:ɣuru:ešidip

     ...I, the young pious staying at the Taygüntan monastery, after having listened to the spiritual master of presage...

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “di<n>t(a)r”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 53