𐰢𐰣𐰃𐰽𐱃𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼺𐼰𐼻𐼷𐼼𐽂𐼰𐼻 (mʾnystʾn, “monastery”).

Noun

𐰢𐰣𐰃𐰽𐱃𐰣 (manïstan)

1. monastery
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 67:

     𐱃𐰖𐰏𐰇𐰤𐱃𐰣:𐰢𐰣𐰃𐰽𐱃𐰣𐱃𐰴𐰃:𐰚𐰃𐰲𐰏:𐰓𐰃𐱃𐰺

     taygüntan:manïstantaqï:kičig:dintar

     ...I, the young pious (disciple) staying at the Taygüntan monastery...

Descendants

• Old Uyghur: mʾnystʾn (manïstan)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “m(a)nıst(a)n”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 59
• Gharib, B. (1995) “mʾnystʾn”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 207