𐰠𐱅𐰋𐰼

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼹𐼰𐽂𐼱𐽀 (δʾtβr), unrelated to 𐰠 (él, “realm”).

Noun

𐰠𐱅𐰋𐰼 (élteber)

1. (politics, military) governor-general
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E37

     𐰆𐰖𐰍𐰺:𐰠𐱅𐰋𐰼:𐰘𐰇𐰔𐰲𐰀:𐰼𐰏:𐰃𐰠𐰏𐰼𐰇:𐱅𐰔𐰯:𐰉𐰺𐰑𐰃

     uyɣur:élteber:yüzče:erig:ilgerü:tezip:bardï

     The governor of the Uyghurs, together with about one hundred men, fled toward the east...

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “el-täbär”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 331
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “élteber”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 134
• Elteber on Wikipedia